Learning Objectives
- A discussion of the differential employment of men and women in the criminal justice sector.
- An evaluation of the quantitative and qualitative dimensions of gendered patterns of employment.
- An analysis of gender-based discrimination in the criminal justice system.
- A critical assessment of the impact of heterosexist and hegemonic masculinities on the policing functions of police officers and private security workers.
- An initial explanation of the influence of power on the gendered dynamics of work in the criminal justice sector. It is shown that power weakens the influence of human rights-based values, thus perpetuating gendered patterns of inequality.