Women police : gender, welfare and surveillance in the twentieth century / Louise A. Jackson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jackson, Louise, 1967- author.

Series:

Gender in history.

Gender in history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Policewomen--Great Britain.

Policewomen.

Policewomen--Great Britain--Social conditions.

Policewomen--Great Britain--History.

Feminist criminology.

Sex role in the work environment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 220 pages) : illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2012.

Summary:

'Women Police' examines the history of women, gender & sexuality in the 20th century police force before formal integration in the 1970s. It covers topics such as prostitution, the regulation of sexual violence, child abuse & neglect, with uniform, plain clothes, & undercover policing.

Contents:

WOMEN POLICE: GENDER, WELFARE AND SURVEILLANCE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

Series Editors

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Figures

Tables

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

1 Introductions

2 Networks, structures and hierarchies

3 A respectable job for a woman?

4 Walking the beat

5 Going undercover

6 Policing the family: youth and welfare

7 Women, sexuality and the law

8 Beyond integration?

Select Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on April 22, 2026).

ISBN:

1-5261-3027-0

OCLC:

1085641948