| Women Guarding Men Contributor(s): Zimmer, Lynn (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226983390 ISBN-13: 9780226983394 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $53.20 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 1986 Annotation: The hiring of women as guards in men's prisons represents a major breakthrough in women's efforts to achieve full sexual equality in the workplace. This dramatic social change has required great flexibility on the part of the women guards as well as substantial adjustments by their male counterparts, prison administrators, and the inmates themselves. In the first comprehensive study of this phenomenon, Lynn Zimmer examines the experiences of the women and men involved in the painful process of transition from a segregated to an integrated prison environment. "Women Guarding Men" is significant not only for its vivid depiction of their trials, but for its contribution to a general theory of women's occupational and organizational behavior. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Penology |
| Dewey: 365.6 |
| LCCN: 85028857 |
| Series: Studies in Crime and Justice |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6.32" W x 9.29" (1.10 lbs) 278 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The hiring of women as guards in men's prisons represents a major breakthrough in women's efforts to achieve full sexual equality in the workplace. This dramatic social change has required great flexibility on the part of the women guards as well as substantial adjustments by their male counterparts, prison administrators, and the inmates themselves. In the first comprehensive study of this phenomenon, Lynn Zimmer examines the experiences of the women and men involved in the painful process of transition from a segregated to an integrated prison environment. Women Guarding Men is significant not only for its vivid depiction of their trials, but for its contribution to a general theory of women's occupational and organizational behavior. |