In December 2013, the European Union (EU) enacted the reformed Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for 2014–2020, allocating almost 40% of the EU's budget and influencing management of half of its terrestrial area. Many EU politicians are announcing the new CAP as “greener,” but the new environmental prescriptions are so diluted that they are unlikely to benefit biodiversity. Individual Member States (MSs), however, can still use flexibility granted by the new CAP to design national plans to protect farmland habitats and species and to ensure long-term provision of ecosystem services

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Questions about the abilities and appropriateness of female correctional officers working in adult men’s correctional institutions have been asked since women first entered men’s prisons. Although some scholars argue that women should not, or cannot, work effectively in such settings, others have shown that there are few differences in quality of work or productivity. Building on this line of research, the present study assesses self-reported perceptions of differences in aggressive responses to instances of inmate challenges and misbehavior. Findings indicate that there are no differences in men’s and women’s responses, and only three variables (job title, height, and having minor children) predict any differences in staff responses. In addition, although female correctional officers report a higher degree of job-related stress than do males, job stress is not related to likelihood of aggressive responses. Findings are discussed in relation to historical and contextual differences between the present study and previous research.