This edition, edited by Dr Jamie Bennett and Dr Ben Crewe, examines prison management from a range of perspectives.
The articles show that prison management has evolved in a way that has been influenced by the world outside, but also remains characterised by a distinct set of cultures and concerns.
In this edition:
- Editorial comment, by Dr Jamie Bennett and Dr Ben Crewe
- Governing Governors, by Dr Ben Crewe and Professor Alison Liebling
- Interview: Øyvind Alnæs, Governor of Oslo Prison, interviewed by Dr Thomas Ugelvik
- Managing prisons in an age of austerity, by Dr Jamie Bennett
- Interview: Damian Evans, Governor of HMP Whitemoor, interviewed by Dr Jamie Bennett
- Prison suicide: A role for human rights indicators?, by Professor Thérèse Murphy and Professor Noel Whitty
- Interview: Laura Sapwell, Governor of HMP Huntercombe, interviewed by Dr Jamie Bennett
- Between human standards and institutional efficiency: The regulation and deregulation of strip-searches in Belgium, by Dr Tom Daems
- Interview: Ian Bickers, interviewed by Dr Ben Crewe
- Governing the governors? The impact of New Public Management on Belgian prison governors’ leadership, by Philippe Kennes and Rudy Van De Voorde
- Criminal justice management: Theory and practice in justice-centred organizations (Second edition), by Mary Stohr and Peter Collins (reviewed by Dr Jamie Bennett)
- Understanding penal practice, by Ioan Durnescu and Fergus Mcneill (Eds) (reviewed by Dr Jamie Bennett)
- Delivering Rehabilitation: The politics, governance and control of probation, by Lol Burke and Steve Collett (reviewed by Paul Crossey)
- Criminal justice ethics: Cultivating the moral imagination, by Sharon Hayes (reviewed by Dr Jamie Bennett)
- Public management (Second edition), by Ian Greener (reviewed by Dr Jamie Bennett)