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Record Nr.

UNINA9910478859703321

Autore

Martin Susan Ehrlich

Titolo

Doing justice, doing gender [[electronic resource] ] : women in legal and criminal justice occupations / / Susan Ehrlich Martin, Nancy C. Jurik

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c2007

ISBN

1-322-41366-5

1-4522-0418-7

1-4522-2273-8

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Collana

Women in the criminal justice system

Altri autori (Persone)

JurikNancy C

Disciplina

331.4133

364.973082

Soggetti

Policewomen - United States

Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration - United States

Women correctional personnel - United States

Women lawyers - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-255) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; 1 - Introduction; 2 - Explanations for Gender Inequality in the Workplace; 3 - The Nature of Police Work and Women's Entry Into Law Enforcement; 4 - Women Officers Encountering the Gendered Police Organization; 5 - Women Entering the Legal Profession; 6 - The Organizational Logic of the Gendered Legal World and Women Lawyers' Response; 7 - Women in Corrections; 8 - Gendered Organizational Logic and Women CO Response; 9 - Doing Justice, Doing Gender Today and Tomorrow; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

'Doing Justice, Doing Gender' is a readable but sociologically grounded analysis of women working in traditionally male dominant justice occupations of law, policing and corrections.