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Policing women : the sexual politics of law enforcement and the LAPD / Janis Appier.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Appier, Janis, 1952-
- Series:
- Critical perspectives on the past
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Policewomen--United States--History--20th century.
- Policewomen.
- Police administration--United States--History--20th century.
- Police administration.
- Police professionalization--United States--History--20th century.
- Police professionalization.
- Police social work--United States--History--20th century.
- Police social work.
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- x, 227 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1998.
- Summary:
- Today, we take female police officers and workers for granted. But what is the truth behind the scenes? Author Janis Appier traces the origins of women in police work beginning in 1910, explaining how pioneer policewomen's struggles to gain footholds in big city police departments ironically helped to make modern police work one of the more male dominated occupations in the United States. 12 illustrations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [171]-222) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1566395593
- 1566395607
- OCLC:
- 36543449
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