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Routledge
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This book provides the first systematic study of prison governors, a hidden and powerful, but much neglected, group of criminal justice practitioners. Its focus is on how they carry out their task, how that has changed over time and how their role has evolved. The author, himself a former prison governor, explains how prison governors have changed under external pressures, and examines a number of... Read more
1. Introduction - Governors and the Prison System, 2. Early Governors: from gaolers to reformers, 3. Modern Governors: from administrators to executives, 4. Governing in a changed context, 5. Today's Governors - origins, career paths, ideologies and culture, 6. Governing Prisons - the reality, 7. Prison governance - some conclusions, 8. Prisons, governance and research - looking to the future implications for policy and practice, Appendix A: Typical management structure in a prison
Biography
Shane Bryans
"In this timely book, Shane Bryan addresses a significant gap in the British prisons literature, and he does so with sensitivity and insight. His book adds an important dimension to the existing literature on prisons precisely because it focuses on the perspective of those who are expected to manage them in today's changing penal landscape."
Elaine Crawley, University of Salford
