This study presents results from a survey of male and female prisoners and officers in a large county jail. The analysis examines perceptions of an issue of concern to both the courts and practitioners, namely cross-gender supervision of prisoners when they are nude or using the toilet. Specifically, the study explores the likelihood that such intrusive supervision might produce institutional conflict. Results reveal that (a) prisoners more frequently than officers expect such supervision to promote complaints, security problems, and violence and (b) most officers of both sexes expect similar negative consequences.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
Alpert, G. (1984). The needs of the judiciary and misapplications of social research: The case of female guards in men's prisons. Criminology, 22, 441-456.
2.
Banauch, P. (1985). Mothers in prison. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction.
3.
Brown, L. (1989). Transcript of expert witness testimony in Multnomah County [Oregon] Corrections Officers Association, Laurie Kimmell and Diana Ruth v. Multnomah County, Multnomah County Sheriff's Office Corrections Division, and Sheriff Fred Pearce.
4.
Clemmer, D. (1940). The prison community. New York: Reinhart.
5.
Crouch, B. (1980). The keepers: Prison guards and contemporary corrections. Springfield, IL: Charles C Thomas.
6.
Crouch, B. (1985). Pandora's box: Female guards in men's prisons. Journal of Criminal Justice, 13, 535-548.
7.
Dothard v. Rawlinson, 433 U.S. 321, 333 (1977).
8.
Fair, K. (1986, May 26). TDC clears strip-search guidelines, Houston Chronicle, p. 1.
9.
Forts v. Ward, 471 F. Supp 1045 (SDNY 1979) vacated in part, 621 F. 2d 1210 (1980).
10.
Giallombardo, R. (1966). Society of women. New York: Wiley.
11.
Giallombardo, R. (1974). The social world of imprisoned girls. New York: Wiley.
12.
Gunther v. Iowa State Men's Reformatory, 612 F. 2d 1079 446 U.S. 996 (1980).
13.
Hardin v. Stynchcomb, 691 F.2d 1364 at 1371 (1982).
14.
Hawkins, R. , & Alpert, G. (1989). American prison systems. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
15.
Heffernan, E. (1972). Making it in prison. New York: Wiley.
16.
Irwin, J. (1970). The felon. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
17.
Irwin, J. (1980). Prisons in turmoil. Boston: Little, Brown.
18.
Kissel, P. , & Katsampes, P. (1980). Impact of women corrections officers on the functioning of institutions housing male inmates. Journal of Offender Counseling Services and Rehabilitation, 4, 213-231.
19.
Mahan, S. (1989). The needs and experiences of women in sexually integrated prisons. American Journal of Criminal Justice, 8, 228-239.
20.
Martin, S. (1989). Female officers on the move?: A status report on women in policing. In R. Dunham & G. Alpert (Eds.), Critical issues in policing (pp. 312-330). Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland.
21.
Peterson, C. (1982). Doing time with the boys: An analysis of women correctional officers in all male facilities. In B. Price & N. Sokoloff (Eds.), The criminal justice system and women (pp. 437-460). New York: Clark Boardman.
22.
Pollack, J. (1986). Sex and supervision: Guarding male and female inmates. New York: Greenwood.
23.
Potter, J. (1980). Should women guards work in prisons for men?Corrections Magazine, 5, 30-38.
24.
Propper, A. (1982). Male-believe families and homosexuality among imprisoned girls. Criminology, 20, 127-138.
25.
Sterling v. Cupp, 290 Or 611 P. 2d 123 (1981).
26.
Sykes, G. (1958). Society of captives. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
27.
Thomas, C. , & Petersen, D. (1977). Prison organization and inmate subcultures. Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill.
28.
Ward, D. , & Kassenbaum, G. (1965). Women' prisons: Sex and social structure. Chicago: Aldine.
29.
Zimmer, L. (1986). Women guarding men. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
