Cover -- Contents -- Glossary -- Introduction and Acknowledgements -- About the author -- 1 New Kids on the Block -- 2 Odd One Out -- 3 No Place Like Home -- 4 Teachers: Good, Bad and Boring -- 5 Bullies -- 6 Wagging and Sagging, Bunking and Skiving -- 7 Mates -- 8 Spare the Rod -- 9 Gold Stars -- 10 Picking Up the Pieces -- Appendix I List of Prisoners Interviewed -- Appendix II List of Prisons in the Study -- Bibliography