This talk focuses the tension between conflict and cooperation in prison by utilizing an original data set to empirically assess transgender prisoners' collective identity and collective efficacy. The findings provide evidence for inmate communities rooted in commonality of experience and identity around gender and sexuality that exist despite residing in an environment where a common mantra is "trust no one."

This event is cosponosred by IRWG-LGQRI and the School of Social Work.

Valerie Jenness is a Professor in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society and the Department of Sociology and is Dean of the School of Social Ecology at the University of California, Irvine. Her research focuses on the links between deviance and social control; the politics of crime control; social movements and social change; and corrections and public policy. She is the author of three books and many articles published in sociology, law, and criminology journals.