Introduction: Understanding the Prison 1. Imprisonment in the 21st Century: A View from the Inspectorate, Anne Owers CBE, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for England and Wales Part 1: Prisons in Perspective Introduction, Yvonne Jewkes 2. Prison Histories and Competing Audiences: 1776-1966, Keith Soothill 3. The Changing Face of the English Prison: A Critical Review of the Aims of Imprisonment, David Scott 4. The Politics of Imprisonment, Richard Sparks 5. Imprisonment: Some International Comparisons and the Need to Revisit Panopticism, Roy D. King 6. The Sociology of Imprisonment, Ben Crewe 7. Researching Russian Prisons: A Consideration of New and Established Methodologies in Prison Research, Laura Piacentini 8. The Evolution of Prison Architecture, Yvonne Jewkes and Helen Johnston Part 2: Prisoners Introduction, Yvonne Jewkes 9. Children and Young Persons, Rod Morgan 10. Imprisonment in Old Age, Elaine Crawley 11. Women in Prison, Diana Medlicott 12. Black and Minority Ethnic Prisoners, Kimmett Edgar 13. Political Prisoners and the 'War on Terror', Kieran McEvoy, Kirsten McConnachie and Ruth Jamieson Part 3: Prisons: Themes and Debates Introduction, Yvonne Jewkes 14. Security, Control and the Problems of Containment, Roy D. King 15. Problematizing Prison Privatization: An Overview of the Debate, James Mehigan and Abi Rowe 16. Prison Healthcare, Jane Senior and Jenny Shaw 17. Drugs in Prison, Michael Wheatley 18. Prison Suicide and its Prevention, Alison Liebling 19. Prisons and the Media: The Shaping of Public Opinion and Penal Policy in a Mediated Society, Yvonne Jewkes Part 4: Staffing, Management and Accountability Introduction, Yvonne Jewkes 20. Prison Officers and Prison Culture, Helen Arnold, Alison Liebling and Sarah Tait 21. Governing, Leadership and Change, Andrew Coyle 22. Measuring Order and Control in HM Prison Service, Jamie Bennett 23. Inspecting Prisons - Prison Inspection and Accountability?, Richard Harding 24. Prisoners' Rights, Dirk van Zyl Smit Part 5: Regimes, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Introduction, Yvonne Jewkes 25. Dangerous Offenders and Dangerousness, Sophie Holmes and Keith Soothill 26. Addressing Offending Behaviour: What Works and Beyond, Clive R. Hollin and Charlotte Bilby 27. Through the Prison Gate: Resettlement, Offender Management and the Birth of the 'Seamless Sentence', Kirsty Hudson, Mike Maguire and Peter Raynor 28. Prisoners' Families, Alice Mills and Helen Codd 29. After Prison - What? The Ex-Prisoner's Struggle to Desist from Crime, Shadd Maruna 30. Campaigning For and Campaigning Against Prisons: Excavating and Re-affirming the Case for Prison Abolition, Mick Ryan and Joe Sim