The English Prison Officer Since 1850

When this book was originally published in 1972 very little had been written about prison staff. The author acknowledges that interest should of course be concentrated on the prisoner community but maintains that the prison staff must also be examined if prisons are to be fully understood.

Autorentext

J. E. Thomas was Assistant Governor in the English Prison Service for seven years, and tutor at the Prison Service Staff College.

Inhalt

1.The Organisation and the Task 2. The Background to the Centralisation of the Prison System 3. Building The Prison Service 4. 1850-80: The Early Years 5. 1880-91: Two Major Inquiries 6. 1892-5: The Gladstone Committee 1895-1921: A Change of Direction 8. 1922-45: The Paterson Initiative 9. 1945-68: The Crisis Erupts 10. Postscript.