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dc.contributor.authorPrenzler, T
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, AM
dc.contributor.authorHayes, H
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-03T03:43:31Z
dc.date.available2019-07-03T03:43:31Z
dc.date.issued1997
dc.identifier.issn0313-6647
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1467-8500.1997.tb01264.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/121239
dc.description.abstractThis article reports on an evaluation of a pilot project in the tendering out of legal aid defence services for criminal matters in the Queensland District Court. Comparisons were made on quality and cost between the assignment of matters through competitive contracting and conventional assignment to private practitioners through a panel and scale fee system. Results show no significant differences in case outcomes and client perceptions of quality. In the interests of further cost reductions, any extension of tendering would need to focus on relatively simple, high-volume areas of prescribed crime, where there is less risk that competitive pricing will reduce the quality of service delivery. In addition, the evaluation indicated that greater savings might in future be obtained by enhanced utilisation of in-house (salaried) legal aid practitioners.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishers
dc.publisher.placeUK, Australia
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom40
dc.relation.ispartofpageto52
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAustralian Journal of Public Administration
dc.relation.ispartofvolume56
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEconomics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCommerce, management, tourism and services
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHuman society
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode38
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode35
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode44
dc.titleQuality control and contracting out of legal aid
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorHayes, Hennessey D.


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