Women Corrections Executives

Kimberly Collica-Cox

doi:10.5771/9781666900743

Summary

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.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2023
ISBN-Print: 978-1-6669-0073-6
ISBN-Online: 978-1-6669-0074-3
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 156
Product type: Book Titles

1. Foreword No access
2. Preface No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 2
1. Introduction No access
2. The Beginning No access
3. Incarcerated Women and Their Keepers No access
4. The Early Reformers No access
5. The Reform Movement No access
6. Separate Institutions No access
7. Community Reform Efforts for Women No access
8. Recruitment Difficulties and Early Sex-Integrated Female Administrators No access
9. Conclusion No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Representation No access
3. The Pioneer vs The Modern Woman No access
4. Advancing to the Executive Level No access
5. Prevalence of Women Executives No access
6. The Current Study—Methodology No access
7. Participants No access
8. The Survey and Follow-Up Interview No access
9. Data Analysis No access
10. Demographics No access
11. Conclusion No access
1. Introduction No access
2. When the Law Changes No access
3. Litigation No access
4. Experience with Litigation and Employment Law No access
5. Conclusion No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Promotional Advancement No access
3. Motivations to Work in Corrections No access
4. Career Trajectories No access
5. Motivations to Promote No access
6. Preparation for Advancement No access
7. Promotional Fairness No access
8. 1. As the Mentee No access
  2. As the Mentor No access
9. Conclusion No access
10. Note No access
1. Introduction No access
2. 1. Tokenism: Women and Policing No access
  2. Tokenism: Women and Corrections No access
3. 1. Assimilation No access
4. Visibility No access
5. Isolation No access
6. Part 2: Perceptions of Effectiveness No access
7. Part 3: Achieving Work-Life Balance No access
8. Conclusion No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Corrections and Women—A Winning Combination for Change No access
3. Career Satisfaction No access
4. Future Research and Implications No access
5. Conclusion No access
References No access Pages 141 - 150
Index No access Pages 151 - 154
About the Author No access Pages 155 - 156