Women in Control? - The Role of Women in Law Enforcement

Zusatztext This is a timely and stimulating book and will welcomed by students and analysts of both policing and gender studies as well as by practitioners and policy makers ... a thought provoking, question raising and very welcome addition Informationen zum Autor Frances Heidensohn, Professor of Social Science and Administration, Goldsmiths' College, University of London Klappentext How far have women progressed in the "unfeminine" career of policing? How far do they want to go? How far will their male colleagues and the public let them? Women in Control? breaks new ground by discussing the role of women in relation to controlling crime and disorder. Women have struggled to gain influence in policing! progressing 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 U.S. officers! this work examines their experiences in dealing with crime! vice! and everyday incidents--including hostility and harassment by their male colleagues. It highlights the role of women in law enforcement in Great Britain and the United States and the importance of gender in social control. Zusammenfassung 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? This is a comparative work on women and law enforcement in Britain and the United States.

Product details

• Authors: Heidensohn, Frances Heidensohn, Frances (Professor of Social Science a Heidensohn
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.11.1995
• EAN: 9780198260431
• ISBN: 978-0-19-826043-1
• No. of pages: 294
• Series: Clarendon Paperbacks; Clarendon Paperbacks
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, LAW / Criminal Law / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, Criminal law & procedure, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, United Kingdom, Great Britain, United States of America, USA, Police & security services, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Police and security services, Criminal law: procedure and offences