Traditionally, women are more nurturing and brought up to not make bad choices and to follow the rules. According to Stohr, Hemmens, Kifer, & Schoeler (2000),” female correctional staff reported a more human services orientation toward rehabilitation and expressed disagreement that punitive correctional actions reduce crime” This is because they tend to focus on interpersonal communication rather than physical force thus the tendency to likely score higher on the ethics summary variable. Reference Stohr, M. K., Hemmens, C., Kifer, M., & Schoeler, M. (2000). We know it, we just have to do it: Perceptions of ethical work in prisons and jails. Prison Journal, 80(2), 126.