Monitoring Expenditure on the Criminal Justice System: The Search for Control

• NCJ Number: 123883
• Journal: Howard Journal of Criminal Justice Volume: 29 Issue: 2 Dated: (May 1990) Pages: 82-100
• Author(s): A J Fowles
• Date Published: 1990
• Length: 19 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the British Criminology Conference held in July 1989.

Annotation

The ethos of value for money and the efficiency audit has slowly started to invade the criminal justice system in England and Wales. The work of the Audit Commission, the National Audit Office and the Public Accounts Committee since 1979 is surveyed. Analysis is presented of the types of issue investigated and the nature of the findings. The implications of auditors' judgments for the criminal justice system are discussed. 44 references. (Author abstract)