Living the code: how the identity practices of female corrections officers reinforce hegemonic masculinity in the officer subculture

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dc.contributor.authorAlbright-Tolman, Jami I.
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorWood, Robert T.
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-04T15:57:13Z
dc.date.available2019-09-04T15:57:13Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractDespite this study occurring in the early years of the 21st century, women continue to face barriers to working in androcentric work environments. In the corrections environment, these barriers are further complicated by the hegemonic masculinity of the officer subculture and the prevalent stereotypes of women as weak, emotional, capricious, and incompetent. As a result, female officers adopt a variety of tactics and identity practices to gain acceptance into the officer subculture. This study examines the lived experiences of female corrections officers and explores the meaning they make of those lived experiences. In addition, Sasson-Levy’s (2003) theory of identity practices is applied to the lived experiences of female corrections officers, and findings indicate that this theory is applicable to the corrections environment. Furthermore, the identity practices utilized by female corrections officers reinforce and perpetuate hegemonic masculinity in the officer subculture.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/5548
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.proquest.subject0733en_US
dc.proquest.subject0627en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Department of Sociologyen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Sociologyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectWomen in correctionsen_US
dc.subjectCorrectionsen_US
dc.subjectGender and correctionsen_US
dc.subjectGender in the workplaceen_US
dc.subjectFemininity in correctionsen_US
dc.subjectMasculinity in correctionsen_US
dc.subjectWomen working in male-dominated environmentsen_US
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen_US
dc.titleLiving the code: how the identity practices of female corrections officers reinforce hegemonic masculinity in the officer subcultureen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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