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Though women changed their police role throughout history, sexual harassment and gender-bias is still evident in this male-dominated field. Cara Rabe-Hemp shows that despite the struggles that women face in the "all-boys club" of policing, not only do women survive but they thrive in this almost exclusively male occupation.
List of contents
Preface
Introduction: The History of Women in Policing: Matrons to Patrol Officers
Section I: Female Police Officers of the 1980s: Title-Niners
Chapter 1: Girls, Why Do You Want to Be Police Officers When You Grow Up?
Chapter 2: Becoming a Police Officer
Chapter 3: Changing the Gender of Policing
Chapter 4: Facing the Intimidations of Harassment and Discrimination
Chapter 5: Dangers on the Beat
Section II: Female Police Officers of the 1990s: Crime-Fighters or Communication Experts
Chapter 6: Community Policing
Chapter 7: Pathways and Entering Police Work
Chapter 8: Gaining Acceptance, Culture Shock
Chapter 9: Making Rank: Glass Ceiling or Escalator?
Section III: Female Police Officers of the 2000s: Career Minded and College Educated
Chapter 10: Doing Policing Differently?
Chapter 11: Women's Work
Chapter 12: Motherhood
Chapter 13: Work and Life Balance
Conclusion: The Current Status of Women Police and Future Directions
About the author
Cara Rabe-Hemp, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Criminal Sciences at Illinois State University. Rabe-Hemp is dedicated to increasing the participation of women interested in careers in CJS and co-sponsored the creation of Breaking Barriers, which was awarded the University's Diversity Advocacy Award in 2010. Throughout her professional career she has examined how gender affects officers' opportunities and experiences in the field of policing. She has been actively engaged with organizations which support women in law enforcement agencies, including the National Association of Women Executives in Law Enforcement, the National Association of Women and Police, and the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board Executive Institute's Conference on Women in Criminal Justice. Rabe-Hemp has published extensively in the area of women in law enforcement, with work appearing the top criminology/criminal justice journals, including Police Quarterly, Feminist Criminology, Journal of Criminal Justice, and Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management. In 2010, Cara was awarded the University Research Initiative Award, in 2014, she was inducted into the College of Applied Sciences and Technology Academy of Achievement, and in 2016 she was awarded the College of Applied Sciences and Technology Outstanding Researcher Award. In 2013, she was one of six women invited to a panel to discuss, "Contemporary Issues in Policing Research" at the American Society of Criminology Meeting.
Summary
Though women changed their police role throughout history, sexual harassment and gender-bias is still evident in this male-dominated field. Cara Rabe-Hemp shows that despite the struggles that women face in the “all-boys club” of policing, not only do women survive but they thrive in this almost exclusively male occupation.
