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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
The Working Lives of Prison Managers addresses key aspects of prison management, including how individuals become prison managers, their engagement with elements of traditional occupational culture, and the impact of the 'age of austerity'. It offers a particular focus on performance monitoring mechanisms such as indicators, audits and inspections, and how these intersect with local culture and individual identity. The book also examinesimportant aspects of individual agency, including values, discretion, resistance and the use of power. It also reveals the 'hidden injuries' of contemporary prison managerialism, especially the distinctive effects experienced by women and members of minority ethnic groups.
Authors and Affiliations
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HMP Grendon & Springhill, UK
Jamie Bennett
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Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford, UK
Jamie Bennett
About the author
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Working Lives of Prison Managers
Book Subtitle: Global Change, Local Culture and Individual Agency in the Late Modern Prison
Authors: Jamie Bennett
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137498953
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-49894-6Published: 29 October 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-49895-3Published: 09 February 2016
Series ISSN: 2753-0604
Series E-ISSN: 2753-0612
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 279
Topics: Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, Prison and Punishment, Crime and Society, Sociology, general, Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology