Gender and policing : comparative perspectives / Jennifer Brown and Frances Heidensohn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Jennifer, 1948-

Contributor:

Heidensohn, Frances.

Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Policewomen.

Sex role in the work environment.

Law enforcement.

Physical Description:

x, 203 pages : illustrations ; 2000

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000.

Summary:

This is the first book to offer a comprehensive and wide-ranging survey of women's role in policing, drawing both on the authors' original comparative research and on the questions, theories and findings raised by the existing literature. Within a global and historically sensitive framework, the book explores such themes as the gender dimension of policing, the representation of policewomen, the extent to which different national traditions diverge or converge, the strategies adopted by policewomen and their colleagues or organizations in order to address the particular problems and challenges that their roles raise.

Contents:

2 Comparative Approaches and the Historical Context 24

3 The Role of Women in Policing 42

4 The Contemporary Picture: Constants and Contrasts 76

5 Filling in the Picture: The Empirical Details 105

6 Personal Stories: Comparing Careers 126

Appendix 1 Discourse Analysis 161

Appendix 2 Questionnaire Survey 164

Appendix 3 Countries in Survey Sample 169

Appendix 4 Statistical Details 170

Appendix 5 Qualitative Interviews 172.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-194) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

ISBN:

0312233086

OCLC:

187482165