NCJ Number
139434
Journal
Journal of Offender Rehabilitation Volume: 18 Issue: 1/2 Dated: (1992) Pages: 173-189
Date Published
1992
Length
17 pages
Annotation
Questionnaires were sent to all corrections officers (CO's) employed in a direct custody role in three midwestern prisons to explore the relationship between gender differences and several other variables in the correctional environment.
Abstract
The prisons included a maximum security prison, a reception and diagnostic center, and a minimum security prison. Of questionnaires sent to 616 CO's, 196 responded (157 male and 39 female). Female CO's were far more likely to be unmarried than males and did not have significantly higher educational levels than men. Women were more likely to be employed at the minimum security institution than at either the reception center or the maximum security prison. Female CO's were far more likely to accept other women as CO's than were their male counterparts. In addition, female CO's were less custody oriented and reported better work relationships with both CO's in general and opposite sex CO's than male officers. 28 references, 5 notes, and 5 tables