Doing Justice, Doing Gender: Women in Legal and Criminal Justice Occupations: Women in the Criminal Justice System
Autor Susan Ehrlich Martin, Nancy Juriken Limba Engleză Electronic book text – 18 iun 2012
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781452222738
ISBN-10: 1452222738
Pagini: 296
Dimensiuni: 178 x 254 mm
Ediția:Second Edition
Editura: SAGE Publications
Colecția Sage Publications, Inc
Seria Women in the Criminal Justice System
Locul publicării:Thousand Oaks, United States
ISBN-10: 1452222738
Pagini: 296
Dimensiuni: 178 x 254 mm
Ediția:Second Edition
Editura: SAGE Publications
Colecția Sage Publications, Inc
Seria Women in the Criminal Justice System
Locul publicării:Thousand Oaks, United States
Recenzii
"Martin
and
Jurik
provide
a
clear
body
of
evidence
illuminating
the
gendered
nature
of
criminal
justice
occupations.
Of
the
multitude
of
feminist
works
on
this
topic,
this
is
one
of
the
best
analyses
available."
—CRIMINAL JUSTICE REVIEW
—CRIMINAL JUSTICE REVIEW
Cuprins
List
of
Tables
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction: Changes in Criminal Justice, Occupations, and Women in the Workplace
The CJS: Mission, Processes, and Workforce
Historical Context of Women in Justice Occupations
Legal Changes
Systemic Reforms and Expanded Opportunities for Women
Women and Today's Justice Occupations
Contents of the Second Edition of This Book
A Note on Perspective and Terminology
Endnotes
2. Explanations for Gender Inequality in the Workplace
Categorical Approaches to Gender Inequality at Work
Challenging Gender Dichotomies: Gender as Process
Our Approach: The Social Construction of Gender in the Workplace
Doing Gender in Work Organizations
Summary
Endnotes
3. The Nature of Police Work and Women's Entry Into Law Enforcement
An Historical Overview: From Matron to Chief
The Increasing Representation of Women in Police Work
The Nature of Policing: Scope of Work and Occupational Culture
The Police Culture and Men's Opposition to Women Officers
Barriers to Women Officers: Interaction, Ideology, and Images
Summary
Endnotes
4. Women Officers Encountering the Gendered Police Organization
Gendered Organizational Logic: Policies and Practices
Doing Gender on the Street: Dilemmas of Police-Citizen Encounters
Women's Response: Adaptations, Costs, and Survival Strategies
Summary
Endnotes
5. Women Entering the Legal Profession: Change and Resistance
Historical Overview: Barriers to Women in Law Before 1970
Changing Laws and Job Queues: Opening Legal Practice to Women
Lawyers' Jobs, Specialties, and the Division of Legal Labor
Gendered Legal Occupational Culture and Barriers to Women
Summary
Endnotes
6. The Organizational Logic of the Gendered Legal World and Women Lawyers' Response
Gender Bias in Law School and Its Impact on the Learning Environment
Gender Bias in the Firm, Office, and Agency
The Impact of Gender Bias on Women Attorneys in Court and Beyond
Organizational Logic and Limiting Opportunity Structures
Women's Responses to Gender Bias: Adaptation and Innovation
Summary
Endnotes
7. Women in Corrections: Advancement and Resistance
History of Women in Corrections: 1860s to 1960s
Social Change and Changing Queues for Women COs in the 1970s
Women's Movement Into CO Jobs in Men's Prisons: 1970s to Present
Characteristics of Women COs in Men's Prisons
CO Jobs as a Resource for Doing Gender
Sites of Struggle: Gendered Interactions, Gendered Identities
Summary
8. Gendered Organizational Logic and Women CO Response
Gendered, Racialized, Sexualized, and Embodied Prison Organizations
Social Context and the Shifting Organizational Logic of Corrections
Prison Organizational Logic and Women's Careers
Women's Performance: Adaptation and Innovation
Summary
9. Doing Justice, Doing Gender Today and Tomorrow: Occupations, Organizations, and Change
Our Theoretical Approach: A Recap
Comparison of Opportunities, Barriers, and Women's Responses
Do Women Make a Difference?
Building Feminist Theory and Policy
References
List of Cases Cited
Index
About the Authors
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction: Changes in Criminal Justice, Occupations, and Women in the Workplace
The CJS: Mission, Processes, and Workforce
Historical Context of Women in Justice Occupations
Legal Changes
Systemic Reforms and Expanded Opportunities for Women
Women and Today's Justice Occupations
Contents of the Second Edition of This Book
A Note on Perspective and Terminology
Endnotes
2. Explanations for Gender Inequality in the Workplace
Categorical Approaches to Gender Inequality at Work
Challenging Gender Dichotomies: Gender as Process
Our Approach: The Social Construction of Gender in the Workplace
Doing Gender in Work Organizations
Summary
Endnotes
3. The Nature of Police Work and Women's Entry Into Law Enforcement
An Historical Overview: From Matron to Chief
The Increasing Representation of Women in Police Work
The Nature of Policing: Scope of Work and Occupational Culture
The Police Culture and Men's Opposition to Women Officers
Barriers to Women Officers: Interaction, Ideology, and Images
Summary
Endnotes
4. Women Officers Encountering the Gendered Police Organization
Gendered Organizational Logic: Policies and Practices
Doing Gender on the Street: Dilemmas of Police-Citizen Encounters
Women's Response: Adaptations, Costs, and Survival Strategies
Summary
Endnotes
5. Women Entering the Legal Profession: Change and Resistance
Historical Overview: Barriers to Women in Law Before 1970
Changing Laws and Job Queues: Opening Legal Practice to Women
Lawyers' Jobs, Specialties, and the Division of Legal Labor
Gendered Legal Occupational Culture and Barriers to Women
Summary
Endnotes
6. The Organizational Logic of the Gendered Legal World and Women Lawyers' Response
Gender Bias in Law School and Its Impact on the Learning Environment
Gender Bias in the Firm, Office, and Agency
The Impact of Gender Bias on Women Attorneys in Court and Beyond
Organizational Logic and Limiting Opportunity Structures
Women's Responses to Gender Bias: Adaptation and Innovation
Summary
Endnotes
7. Women in Corrections: Advancement and Resistance
History of Women in Corrections: 1860s to 1960s
Social Change and Changing Queues for Women COs in the 1970s
Women's Movement Into CO Jobs in Men's Prisons: 1970s to Present
Characteristics of Women COs in Men's Prisons
CO Jobs as a Resource for Doing Gender
Sites of Struggle: Gendered Interactions, Gendered Identities
Summary
8. Gendered Organizational Logic and Women CO Response
Gendered, Racialized, Sexualized, and Embodied Prison Organizations
Social Context and the Shifting Organizational Logic of Corrections
Prison Organizational Logic and Women's Careers
Women's Performance: Adaptation and Innovation
Summary
9. Doing Justice, Doing Gender Today and Tomorrow: Occupations, Organizations, and Change
Our Theoretical Approach: A Recap
Comparison of Opportunities, Barriers, and Women's Responses
Do Women Make a Difference?
Building Feminist Theory and Policy
References
List of Cases Cited
Index
About the Authors
Descriere
Doing
Justice,
Doing
Gender:
Women
in
Legal
and
Criminal
Justice
Occupationsis
a
highly
readable,
sociologically
grounded
analysis
of
women
working
in
traditionally
male
dominant
justice
occupations
of
law,
policing,
and
corrections.
ThisSecond
Editionrepresents
not
only
a
thorough
update
of
research
on
women
in
these
fields,
but
a
careful
reconsideration
of
changes
in
justice
organizations
and
occupations
and
their
impact
on
women's
justice
work
roles
over
the
past
40
years.