Acknowledgments; 1. Engendering the Prison; 2. Penology in America; 3. From Turnkey to Officer; 4. Paths to Prison; 5. Work with Inmates; 6. The Rest of the Job; 7. Conclusion; Methodological Appendix; Notes; References; Index; About the Author
Summary
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" stereotype of popular film and literature. One fifth of all correctional officers are women, and the rate at which women are imprisoned is growing faster than that of men. Yet, despite increasing numbers of women prisoners and officers, ideas about prison life and prison work are sill dominated by an exaggerated image of men's prisons where inmates supposedly struggle for physical dominance. In a rare comparative analys
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-256) and index
