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Women Correctional Officers in California, 1979

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Principal Investigator(s): Holeman, Herbert; Krepps-Hess, Barbara J.

Summary: This study examined women correctional officers working in the 11 institutions for men operated by the California Department of Corrections in 1979. For Part 1, Census, researchers conducted a census of all 386 female correctional officers working in these institutions to collect demographic characteristics and baseline data. For Parts 2 (Staff) and 3 (Inmate), a survey was administered to staff and inmates asking their opinions about differences in performance between male and female correction... (view full summary)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08684.v2

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