Considerable attention has been paid recently to the gendering of organizations and
occupations. Unfortunately, the gendered-organizations approach remains theoretically and …

Doing Justice, Doing Gender: Women in Legal and Criminal Justice Occupations is a highly
readable, sociologically grounded analysis of women working in traditionally male dominant …

When most people think of prisons, they imagine chaos, violence, and fundamentally, an
atmosphere of overwhelming brute masculinity. But real prisons rarely fit the “Big House” …

In America today, one in every hundred adults is behind bars. As our prison population has
exploded,'law and order'interest groups have also grown--in numbers and political clout. In …

Drawing from qualitative data gathered at two correctional facilities, this paper empirically
illustrates employee reactions to organizational contradictions in a total institution and …

This book examines the rise and proliferation of'Supermaxes', large prisons dedicated to
holding prisoners in prolonged and strict solitary confinement, in the United States since the …

This article uses Acker's theory of gendered organizations to frame an analysis of the ways
in which policies and practices in a men's and a women's prison reflect and reproduce …

In Search of Safety takes a close look at the sources of gendered violence and conflict in
women's prisons. The authors examine how intersectional inequalities and cumulative …

The Gender of Crime introduces readers to how gender shapes our understanding of every
aspect of crime—from defining what crime is to governing how crime is punished. The …

This article examines the relationship between race and sex and perceptions of the work
environment among correctional officers. It addresses four central questions:(1) Are there …