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Managing the Long Term Prisoner: A Report on an Australian Innovation in Unit Management

NCJ Number
119499
Journal
Howard Journal of Criminal Justice Volume: 28 Issue: 3 Dated: (August 1989) Pages: 187-203
Author(s)
R Robson
Date Published
1989
Length
16 pages
Annotation
Bathurst Goal in New South Wales has carried out changes in managerial styles.
Abstract
The physical and social environment provided for prisoners in a "Unit Management" scheme has been found to be conducive to efficient management; it is also cost effective. This article describes and assesses both the "unit living" and the "participatory management" style involved. 1 note, 3 tables and 24 references. (Author abstract)

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