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Profit and Penality: An Analysis of the Corrections-Commercial Complex

J. Robert Lilly

Mathieu Deflem

The economics of imprisonment has been examined in a plethora of theoretical and empirical studies. As intriguing, stimulating, and policy-changing as these have been, they generally have not been connected to social contexts broader than prison overcrowding, legal issues, and conservative ideology. This article attempts to respond to this lack of attention by offering a descriptive analysis of one neglected topic of penality. It examines some of the business-related aspects of the American penal system and concludes that because that system operates largely by purchasing goods and services, the connections among crime, punishment, and business must be considered.

Crime & Delinquency, Vol. 42, No. 1, 3-20 (1996)
DOI: 10.1177/0011128796042001001
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