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GENDERED ORGANIZATIONAL LOGIC

Policy and Practice in Men's and Women's Prisons

DANA M. BRITTON

Kansas State University

This article uses Acker's theory of gendered organizations to frame an analysis of the ways in which policies and practices in a men's and a women's prison reflect and reproduce gendered inequalities. The article offers a working definition of one of Acker's key theoretical concepts, the notion of "gendered organizational logic." Then, using interview data collected from correctional officers in a men's and a women's prison, the article examines the ways in which officer training and assignments, although designed to be nominally generic, assume a male worker and disproportionately benefit male officers working in men's institutions. These findings imply that the perspective could more usefully be conceived as a theory of "masculinized" organizations.

Gender & Society, Vol. 11, No. 6, 796-818 (1997)
DOI: 10.1177/089124397011006005
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