Private prisons, criminological research, and conflict of interest: A casestudy

Authors
Geis, G Mobley, A Shichor, D
Citation
G. Geis et al., Private prisons, criminological research, and conflict of interest: A casestudy, CRIME DELIN, 45(3), 1999, pp. 372-388
Citations number
46
Categorie Soggetti
Social Work & Social Policy
Journal title
CRIME & DELINQUENCY
ISSN journal
00111287 → ACNP
Volume
45
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
372 - 388
Database
ISI
SICI code
0011-1287(199907)45:3<372:PPCRAC>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Possible conflicts of interest appear to be increasing in social science, m edical, and legal scholarship. This article uses a care study of an alleged conflict of interest in regard:to the privatization of prisons to call att ention to what may be a need for criminalogists and their profession journa ls to try to deal in an such conflicts.