This book, first published in 1983, examines in detail the training of the key group of people within the British prison system: prison governors. It shows how problems, endemic to the prison system, influences their training; how staff seek to construct a coherent training course and how recruits struggle with their new role.

1. Socialization Theory and Prison Governors 2. Identification and Idealism: Patterns of Attitude Change Amongst AGs 3. The Organisation and Management of Training 4. Recruit's Response to Training 5. Socialisation 'Failures', Reference Groups and the Self 6. Summary and Conclusions