Women Police In A Changing Society

Author : Mangai Natarajan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134776740

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Women Police in a Changing Society by Mangai Natarajan Pdf

Offering a fascinating account of the development of women police over the past twenty years, this book refers to the author's extended research in India to examine how the Indian experience demonstrates a valuable alternative to the Anglo-American model; not only for traditional societies but for women police in the West as well. With reference to the establishment in 1992 of all-women units in Tamil Nadu, this unique experiment proved highly successful in enhancing the confidence and professionalism of women officers and ensuring the effectiveness and efficiency of the police. At a time when policing is being rethought all over the world, not only in traditional societies, the Tamil Nadu practice illustrates important lessons for western countries that are finding it increasingly difficult to recruit and retain women officers. Natarajan's remarkable book is an important and original contribution to the literature on gendered policing, which to date has concentrated almost exclusively on the US and British experience.

Author : Aparna Srivastava
Publisher : APH Publishing
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8176480339

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Role of Police in a Changing Society by Aparna Srivastava Pdf

Author : Venessa Garcia
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-24
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781351643887

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Women in Policing around the World by Venessa Garcia Pdf

Women in Policing around the World is a historical, legal, political, and social examination of women in policing. The book opens with a comparison of cultural definitions of gender and how this affects women’s work in general and policing specifically. The book then takes the reader through women in policing in the Eastern and Western Hemispheres, featuring several countries within the major regions of the world. Major commonalities and differences are identified in the areas of recruitment, training, deployment, promotion, and violence against women. Among the key features of this book is a balanced coverage of historical and timely events that led to the current status of women police in their respective countries. The book identifies the commonalities that women police experience throughout the world, relying on the most current research. The book also dedicates coverage of policing violence against women in society as well as within the police organization itself. The author includes tables to allow for national comparisons throughout the book, as well as current and historical photos. This book is intended for researchers and students of police culture and women in policing. It does not rely heavily on one country or region, thus allowing for an enlightening international comparison.

Author : Anjana Maitra-Sinha
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Feminism
ISBN : UVA:X002411153

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Women in a Changing Society by Anjana Maitra-Sinha Pdf

Author : Sidney L. Harring
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1608468542

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Policing a Class Society by Sidney L. Harring Pdf

An in-depth critical analysis of how ruling elites use the police institution in order to control communities.

Author : Anqi Shen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000461879

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Women Police in Contemporary China by Anqi Shen Pdf

This is the first book to look at women in policing in the mainland of the People’s Republic of China. Informed by empirical data as well as rich secondary information drawn from a wide range of published materials, and written by a former police officer in China, this book offers a detailed discussion of key issues concerning women in the Chinese police. Mainly drawing on face-to-face interviews with police officers and student probationers in multiple force areas, Women Police in Contemporary China offers rich insights into women’s lives in Chinese policing. The book first discusses how Chinese women were introduced to the male-only organisation and their representation in the Chinese police today. It elaborates women’s experiences as female officers in the police and, more specifically, their everyday work, contributions to policing, women police’s own perceptions of their roles and positions in the police profession and the gendered challenges and concerns facing them. It also looks at police occupational culture from a gendered lens. This book is illuminating reading for all those engaged in policing studies, gender and justice, policymaking, comparative criminal justice and all those interested in a woman’s role in the Chinese police.

Author : Cara Rabe-Hemp,Venessa Garcia
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781538116135

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Women Policing across the Globe by Cara Rabe-Hemp,Venessa Garcia Pdf

Women Policing across the Globe provides a cross-cultural comparison of the integration of women in policing across the globe, paying special attention to the unique contributions that women make to the field, along with the shared challenges and resistance they face. Individual chapters within the book provide students with a snapshot of the status of women in modern police agencies in the countries of the United States, Kuwait, China, the United Kingdom, Australia, the United Arab Emirates, and Taiwan. However, shared issues and successes of women police in many more countries worldwide are discussed throughout the entire book. This book allows students to explore the different origins of entry, specialized roles, their experiences of resistance, and effects of historical events that have shaped the experiences of modern women police from across the world. The authors discuss the new gains women are making, despite the obstacles they face, and ways they are transforming how policing is done every day. And, finally, this book closes with collective issues and successes faced by women police worldwide.

Author : Frances Heidensohn
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105003452385

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Women in Control? by Frances Heidensohn Pdf

How far have women progressed in the 'unfeminine' career of policing? How far do they want to go and how far will their male colleagues, and the public, let them? Women in Control? is the first comparative study of women and law enforcement in Britain and the United States, and breaks new ground by discussing women's role in relation to controlling crime and disorder. Since the early twentieth century women have struggled to gain influence in policing, but progressed only slowly until the 1970s, when equal opportunities legislation brought integration and some measure of success. Based on a series of interviews with British and US officers Women in Control? examines their experiences in dealing with crime, vice, and everyday incidents, and with the hostility and harassment of their male colleagues, and highlights both women's role in law enforcement in two societies and the importance of gender in social control.

Author : Cecilia MacDowell Santos
Publisher : Springer
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2005-02-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781403973412

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Women's Police Stations by Cecilia MacDowell Santos Pdf

Women's Police Stations examines the changing and complex relationship between women and the state, and the construction of gendered citizenship, using women's police stations in Sao Paulo. These are police stations run exclusively by police women for women with the authority to investigate crimes against women such as domestic violence, assault and rape. Sao Paulo was the home of the first such police station, and there are now more than 250 women's police stations throughout Brazil. Cecilia MacDowell Santos examines the importance of this phenomenon for the first time, looking at the dynamics of the relationship between women and the state as a consequence of a political regime, and exploring the notion of gendered citizenship.

Author : Tim Prenzler
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2023-06-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000901474

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Gender Inclusive Policing by Tim Prenzler Pdf

Gender Inclusive Policing: Challenges and Achievements is an edited collection focused on current challenges, innovations and positive achievements in gender integration in policing in different subject domains and locations. Comprised of essays by expert contributors from across the globe, the book covers a variety of topics including jurisdictional achievements (South Africa, British Isles, Scandinavian countries, Australia), women in leadership (achievements and methods, merit and affirmative action issues), performance comparisons (conduct, ethics, peacebuilding), intersectionality (Indigenous women) and women’s police stations (Argentina). The book explores and grapples with issues of recruitment, deployment and promotion; obstacles to equity; effective integration strategies; management, conduct and policing styles; race and ethnicity; and specialisation. It is an essential resource providing practical exemplars for police managers involved in gender-equity programmes and for professionals involved in advanced-level research, teaching and consulting.

Author : Sandra K. Wells
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2005-09-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780275984779

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Police Women by Sandra K. Wells Pdf

It is often said that a woman must do a job twice as well as a man in order to get half the credit. This is particularly true of women in law enforcement. Women have been involved in various forms of policing for the last 100 years, but it wasn't until the Equal Employment Act of 1970 that women could move from the job of meter maids to patrol and detective work. Yet less than 1% of all top-level cops are women, and there remain significant obstacles in the career paths of women in the force. This book looks at the history of women police officers and provides first-hand accounts of women at every level, including those who drop out. It addresses discrimination, competition, lack of mentoring, differential treatment and sexual harrassment, examining what issues play into the decision to stick it out or leave that many policewomen face. It also considers the family issues these women return home to at the end of the day. It is often said that a woman must do a job twice as well as a man in order to get half the credit. This is particularly true of women in law enforcement. Women have been involved in various forms of policing for the last 100 years, but it wasn't until the Equal Employment Act of 1970 that women could move from the job of meter maids to patrol and detective work. Yet less than 1% of all top-level cops are women, and there remain significant obstacles in the career paths of women in the force. This book looks at the history of women police officers and provides first-hand accounts of women at every level, including those who drop out. It addresses discrimination, competition, lack of mentoring, differential treatment, and sexual harrassment. It looks at what plays into the decision to stick it out or leave that many policewomen face. It also considers the family issues these women return home to at the end of the day. Unlike other treatments of the subject, Alt and Wells show how women have changed police work into a more community-oriented model of policing, reduced police violence, served as a strong force to promote a more effective response to domestic violence within police departments, and helped with community-police relations. With a combination of first-hand accounts, careful research, and lively analysis, the authors are able to convey the actual experiences of women who have made their careers behind the shield.

Author : Jo Turner (Lecturer in criminology),Helen Johnston,Marion Pluskota
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12
Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
ISBN : 1003095283

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Policing Women by Jo Turner (Lecturer in criminology),Helen Johnston,Marion Pluskota Pdf

"Policing Women examines for the first time the changing historical landscape of women's experiences of their contact with the official state police between 1800 to 1950, in the Western world. Drawing on and going beyond existing knowledge about policing practices, the volume discusses how women encountered the official police, how they experienced that contact, and the outcomes of that contact in the modern Western world. In so doing, it is an original and much needed addition to the literature around changes in policing, women's experiences of the criminal justice system, and women's experiences of control and regulation. The chapters uncover such experiences in a geographically spread range of countries across Europe, US, Canada and Australia. Importantly the collection focuses upon a crucial epoch in the history of policing, a 150-year period when policing was rapidly changing and being increasingly placed on a formal level. Bringing together scholarly work from expert contributors, this unique volume draws to the fore women's experiences of policing. It will be of great use to students on undergraduate and postgraduate criminology and history courses, working on the history of crime, historical criminology, the history of criminal justice, and women's history"--

Author : Cara Rabe-Hemp
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017-12-22
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781442274303

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Thriving in an All-Boys Club by Cara Rabe-Hemp Pdf

In 1845 women entered the career of policing, and ever since it’s been an evolving history for them. There are countless stories of women shaping this career, adding particular gifts and abilities to the profession. There are, also, countless stories of their struggles to fit in and survive in this “all-boys club.” Thriving in an All Boys Club: Female Police and Their Fight for Equality examines one of the most debated issues surrounding female police officers – their ability to find acceptance in the male subculture. Through the stories of women who joined policing in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, readers learn that women’s acceptance in policing is complex and officer’s experiences are wide-ranging. Stories of resistance and harassment by colleagues, the glass ceiling in promotion, and gender specific obstacles related to pregnancy and childcare are common. Their stories show a strong sense of determination and perseverance to perform the duties of police officer. The potential for enduring change in the field of policing is growing as women continue to make strides in achieving high ranks, breaking down assignments barriers, and ensuring just opportunities for future generations of female police officers. Despite the struggles that women face to survive in the “all-boys club” of policing, women not only survive, most thrive in this almost exclusively male occupation.

Author : Joseph Dean Lohman,United States. President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice,Gordon E. Misner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Police
ISBN : OCLC:470176106

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The Police and the Community by Joseph Dean Lohman,United States. President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice,Gordon E. Misner Pdf

Author : Dorothy M. Schulz
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1995-05-30
Category : Law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105012404575

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From Social Worker to Crimefighter by Dorothy M. Schulz Pdf

In the United States, women in policing evolved from matrons to policewomen to police officers. Today, the position of police chief has been achieved by women. The changing role of women in this traditionally male-dominated field is the subject of this book. It weaves together the history of the police and the history of women and highlights a century of change in law enforcement. The book also describes how the changing role of women in society affected their role in law enforcement.