1. Introduction. 1.1. Core Hypotheses
2. The Socio-Political Context of Imprisonment in New South Wales. 2.1. Introduction
2.2. Major Enquiries
2.3. Popular Sensibilities and Penal Politics
2.4. Expansion of the Prison Estate
2.5. Transmission/Extension of Penal Relations
2.6. Evaluation and Accountability
2.7. Legislative Changes
2.8. Risk + "What Works" = A Limited Version of Rehabilitation
2.9. Conclusion
3. Theorising Sentencing. 3.1. Introduction
3.2. Sentencing in NSW
3.3. The Aims of Sentencing in NSW
3.4. Risk and NSW Courts
3.5. Conclusion
4. Experiencing Sentencing. 4.1. Introduction
4.2. Reasons for Judgment and Remarks on Sentence
4.3. Prisoners and Sentence Comments/Remarks
4.4. Remorse in Criminal Justice
4.5. Conclusion
5. Managerialism, Discipline and the "Responsible Prisoner". 5.1. Introduction
5.2. Managerialism and the Department of CSNSW NSW
5.3. Prison as Management of Bodies


5.4. Processes of Sorting, Classification and Management
5.5. Discipline, Resistance, Compliance and Punishment
5.6. Special Regimes
5.7. Case Management, Throughcare and SORC
5.8. Individualisation and the Responsible Prisoner
5.9. Conclusion
6. Relational Aspects of Imprisonment. 6.1. Introduction
6.2. The Relational Aspects of Life in Prison
Conceptions of Prison as "Community"
6.3. Dimensions of Personal Identity
6.4. Conclusion
7. Rehabilitation. 7.1. Introduction
7.2. What Does It Mean?
7.3. The Hall of Mirrors: Risk and Responsibility
7.4. Rehabilitation + Risk = Cog Skills
7.5. Conclusion
8. Conclusion. 8.1. Theorising the Gap
Legal Sentencing and Penal Practices
8.2. The Interviews
8.3. The Impact of Risk Focused Managerialism
Imaginary Sentences?
8.4. Conclusion: The Lived Sentence as Communication: The Devil in the Detail.