Breaking Down the Silos: Lessons Learned From the Expansion of Performance-Based Contracting to Residential Treatment Services in Illinois

Kearney, Kathleen A.; Bloom-Ellis, Brice; Thompson, Roger R.

doi:10.1080/15548732.2012.644220

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“…In the organizational literature, the term “silo” is a metaphor to refer to situations when institutions with similar interests operate separately from one another, often in ways that undermine the goals of the respective institutions (Serrat 2017; Sherry et al 2016; Tett 2016). This metaphor has been used in organizational literature to describe goal conflict, inefficiencies, and redundancies that occur in organizations that work to address health care and service delivery (Abernethy 2014; Hansen-Ketchum and Halpenny 2010; Sherry et al 2016), youth development and welfare needs (Gonsoulin and Read, 2011; Johnson et al 2012), and youth needs within the juvenile justice system (Kearney, Bloom-Ellis, and Thompson 2011; Nelson et al 2017; Nissen 2006; Philippi, Cocozza, and DePrato 2013).…”

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Education versus Punishment? Silo Effects and the School-to-prison Pipeline

Brown

Mears

Collier

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Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

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Objectives: This article examines the influence of social context on punishment decisions. To this end, we present a theoretical framework to identify outcomes that can occur when police and probation officers work in schools. Method: The proposed framework draws on organizational theory as well as scholarship on school discipline and punishment and the effects of placing officers in schools. It also draws from insights gathered from site visits, interviews, and focus groups conducted as part of a process evaluation of a school-based delinquency prevention program. We then present data from interviews and focus groups with 41 school-based safety staff to examine the plausibility of the hypothesized framework. Results: We find that officers’ goals interact with the goals of school-based actors to influence punishment-related outcomes. We also find that officers are not always the more punitive force in the schools and that placing officers in schools may have positive as well as negative effects for youth. Conclusions: The findings suggest that current accounts of officers in schools are incomplete. Dynamic interactions may occur within organizational partnerships and should be considered when seeking to understand punishment decisions not only in schools but also in other settings.

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Education versus Punishment? Silo Effects and the School-to-prison Pipeline

Brown

Mears

Collier

et al. 2020

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

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“…In this connection, the literature. [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] Has extensively examined the effectiveness of performance-based contractual mechanisms and quality assurance systems that have gained popularity as effective accountability mechanisms. On the other hand, there is virtually no empirical study on accountability mechanisms governments of developing countries have employed as they tighten regulation of a multitude of NGOs they do not finance.…”

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An ethnography of mechanisms employed by the government to hold NGOs in Ethiopia accountable: the case of child focused social protection providers

Hailu¹

2019

AHOAJ

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This article provides an ethnographic description of accountability mechanisms employed by governments of developing countries to hold NGOs accountable taking the Ethiopia as a case. It is based on interviews and Focus Group Discussion with key informants with firsthand experience in implementing the mechanisms. The interviews were recorded, transcribed and analyzed using hyper research research software. The resulting description indicates that instead of serving their overt objective, which is to ensure the accountability of NGOs, institutional rituals and institutional and elite interests were forces that sustained the accountability mechanisms. Setting up and refining a central monitoring and evaluation system to ensure upward accountability and, erecting structures for ensuring downward and horizontal accountability were finally proposed to maximize accountability of NGOs in Ethiopia.

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Comparative View of Prenatal Care between the United States and Cuba: Lessons for the United States?

Dubus

Traylor

2014

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

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Infant mortality is an indication of a country's health. The United States has struggled to lower its infant mortality rates. Cuba, a small island with notably fewer resources, has been successful in maintaining a lower infant mortality rate than the United States. The two neighboring countries vary greatly in political systems, economies, and available resources. How can the difference in mortality rate be explained? What can the United States learn from Cuba? This article explores these differences and provides suggestions for change within the United States' system of health care.

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Breaking Down the Silos: Lessons Learned From the Expansion of Performance-Based Contracting to Residential Treatment Services in Illinois

Cited by 8 publications

References 21 publications

Education versus Punishment? Silo Effects and the School-to-prison Pipeline

Education versus Punishment? Silo Effects and the School-to-prison Pipeline

An ethnography of mechanisms employed by the government to hold NGOs in Ethiopia accountable: the case of child focused social protection providers

Comparative View of Prenatal Care between the United States and Cuba: Lessons for the United States?

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