Women Corrections Executives - The Keys to Reaching the Top

Through firsthand accounts this book explores women's roles from their initial entry into corrections work through their careers to executive roles, documenting their successes and struggles.

List of 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
References
About the Author

About the author

By Kimberly Collica-Cox - Foreword by Dorothy Moses Schulz

Summary

Through firsthand accounts this book explores women’s roles from their initial entry into corrections work through their careers to executive roles, documenting their successes and struggles.

Product details

• Authors: Kimberly Collica-Cox
• Assisted by: Schulz Dorothy Moses (Foreword)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.06.2023
• EAN: 9781666900736
• ISBN: 978-1-66690-073-6
• No. of pages: 184
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Penology and punishment, Penology & punishment