Full Description
Within corrections, women have made notable impacts in policy, cultural changes, and leadership, yet they have received little attention and study. Based on quantitative and qualitative data, this book fills that gap, examining women in corrections executive positions—their motivations, successes, and challenges. From initial entry into corrections work through their careers, interviews with members of the Association of Women Executives in Corrections (AWEC) reveal their motives for promoting, their career trajectories, and the challenges they faced in a male dominated environment, such as gender bias, perceptions of leadership effectiveness, and difficulty maintaining work-life balance.
Contents
Foreword by Dorothy Moses Schulz
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Prison Matrons: The Pioneers of Women in Criminal Justice
Chapter 2: Women Corrections Executives: Prevalence and Demographics
Chapter 3: Litigation, Employment Law, and The Changing Role of Women in Corrections: The Second-Generation Pioneers
Chapter 4: Women Corrections Executives: Motivations to Advancement and Career Trajectories
Chapter 5: C-Suite Challenges: Tokenism, Perceptions of Effectiveness, and Work Life Balance
Chapter 6: Women Corrections Executives: Looking Back but Moving Forward
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