PRISON GOVENORS MANAGING PRISONS IN A TIME OF CHANGEPDF电子书下载

1 Introduction- Governors and the prison system 1

Why study Governors - a neglected breed? 1

Purpose and structure of the book 3

Studying a criminal justice elite 5

Governors and their role in the prison system 9

Understanding what Governors do 11

2 Early Governors - from gaolers to reformers 14

Gaolers and keepers (before 1779) 15

Gentlemen Governors (1779-1876) 19

Administrator Governors (1877-1945) 26

Reforming Governors (1946-1962) 34

3 Modern Governors - from administrators to executives 40

Prison Department Governors (1963-1978) 40

Prison managers (1979-1986) 49

Chief executives (1987-1997) 57

Some themes from history 62

4 Governing in a changed context 65

Prisoners' rights and expectations 66

Politics, the media and prisons 68

Privatisation and market testing 72

Risk management and actuarial approaches 74

New Public Management 75

5 Today's Governors - origins, career paths and ideologies 91

Demographic and family background 91

Education and previous occupation 93

Career paths 95

Motivation and job satisfaction 101

Ideology - values, beliefs and goals 108

Prison Governor culture 114

Today's Governors 116

6 Governing prisons - the reality 119

The Governor's role and duties 119

General management and leadership 120

Incident command 126

Prison-specific roles and duties 128

Stakeholder power and impact 142

Multiple and conflicting roles 146

Variations in management style and approach 148

Institutional influences 152

Ideology, ethics and values 154

7 Prison governance- some conclusions 159

Variations on a theme - a typology of Governors 159

Changes to Governors' work and approach 162

The continuing significance of the Governor 170

Prison management theory 176

Sui generis revisited 177

8 Prisons, governance and research - looking to the future 182

Implications for policy and practice 182

What next? Suggestions for further research 185

Some final thoughts - governing in the future 187

Appendix A: Typical management structure in a prison 192

References 193

Index 209