Prison as a business venture? In this episode we speak with Professor Andrea Montes about her work on the privatization of prisons and corrections more broadly.
Andrea received her PhD from Florida State University and she is currently an assistant professor at Arizona State University’s School of Criminology and Criminal Justice and the Associate Director for the Center for Public Criminology. Her work has appeared in several journals including Justice Quarterly, Crime & Delinquency, Criminology & Public Policy, and Criminal Justice and Behavior. Much of her work centers on theories of crime and punishment, crime prevention and school safety, and the privatization of corrections.
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Get in touch with Andrea:
Arizona State University website // andrea.montes AT asu.edu // Twitter
This is the article authored by Andrea and her coauthors that was discussed in this episode of The Crim Academy:
Montes, A., Mears, D., and Cochran, J. (2016). The privatization debate: A conceptual framework for improving (public and private) corrections. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice. [Article Link]