At Work in the Iron Cage: The Prison as Gendered Organization
- ISBN-10
- 0814798845
- ISBN-13
- 9780814798843
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 264
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003-08
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Author
- Dana M. Britton
Description
One fifth of all correctional officers are women and this comparative analysis of men's and women's prisons identifies the factors that influence the gendering of the American workplace, a process that often leaves women in lower-paying jobs with less prestige and responsibility. [back cover].
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