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At work in the iron cage : the prison as gendered organization / Dana M. Britton.
LIBRA HV9470 .B75 2003
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Britton, Dana M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Correctional personnel--United States.
- Correctional personnel--Training of--United States.
- Prisons--United States.
- Prisons.
- Women correctional personnel.
- Correctional personnel--Training of.
- Correctional personnel.
- United States.
- Prisons--Officials and employees--United States.
- Prisons--Officials and employees.
- Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- Women correctional personnel--United States.
- Inmate guards--United States.
- Inmate guards.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 264 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, [2003]
- Contents:
- Engendering the prison
- Penolgy in America : men's and women's prisons as gendered projects
- From turnkey to officer : prison work in historical perpective
- Paths to prison
- Work with inmates
- The rest of the job : coworkers, supervisors, and satisfaction.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-256) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0814798837
- 0814798845
- OCLC:
- 51647555
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