Women only represent 10% of the total jail population and are generally incarcerated for non-violent crimes. Jail policies and classification systems have been largely developed based on the male population, which may end up with females being misclassified. In this tip, risk management expert and Lexipol co-founder Gordon Graham outlines why this can be a problem.
Women in jail: How to secure successful outcomes
Jail policies and classification systems have been largely developed based on the male population
Gordon Graham has been actively involved in law enforcement since 1973. He spent nearly 10 years as a very active motorcycle officer while also attending Cal State Long Beach to achieve his teaching credential, USC to do his graduate work in Safety and Systems Management with an emphasis on Risk Management, and Western State University to obtain his law degree. In 1982 he was promoted to sergeant and also admitted to the California State Bar and immediately opened his law offices in Los Angeles.