Thriving in an All-Boys Club - Female Police and Their Fight for Equality

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

By Cara Rabe-Hemp

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.

Product details

• Authors: Cara Rabe-Hemp, Cara E. Rabe-Hemp
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.12.2017
• EAN: 9781442274297
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-7429-7
• No. of pages: 220
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sexual Abuse & Harassment, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic Conditions, LAW / Discrimination, LAW / Gender & the Law, Sexual abuse & harassment, Gender & the law, Police & security services, Gender studies: women, Law & society, gender issues, Economics of specific sectors, Gender studies: women & girls, Discrimination in employment & harassment law, Discrimination in employment law