Gender Doesn’t Matter—Except When it Does: Exploring Officers’ Gendered Experiences Within the Community Corrections Organization

Amber Wilson, Barbara Koons-Witt, Political Science and Criminal Justice Department, University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire, Eau Claire, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of South Carolina

Feminist Criminology

Published online on December 16, 2024

Abstract

Feminist Criminology, Volume 21, Issue 2, Page 179-208, April 2026.
Limited research has explored how gender impacts community corrections officers’ (CCOs) work experiences. Using interviews with 22 CCOs from a community corrections department in the southeastern U.S., the current study considers how gender matters to ...