Policing Women - The Sexual Politics of Law Enforcement and the LAPD

Today, we take female police officers and workers for granted. But what is the truth behind the scenes? Author Janis Appier traces the origins of women in police work beginning in 1910, explaining how pioneer policewomen's struggles to gain footholds in big city police departments ironically helped to make modern police work one of the more male dominated occupations in the United States. 12 illustrations.

List of contents

Acknowledgments Introduction: "A Man's Job": Gender and Police Work Part I: Gender, the Police, and Criminal Justice Reform 1. "All over the Country There Is a Spirit of Cleaning Up": The Female Reform Tradition and the Origins of the Movement for Women Police 2. Preventive Justice: The Campaign for Women Police Part II: Women Police in Los Angeles 3. "Just Mothers to Everybody": The City Mother's Bureau of Los Angeles, 1914-1929 4. Double Lives: Police Women of the LAPD Juvenile Bureau 5. From City Mother to "Sgt. Tits": The Death of the Crime Prevention Model Epilogue: Out for Justice: The Legacy of the Crime Control Model Notes Index

Summary

Traces the origins of women in police work, explaining how pioneer policewomen's struggles to gain secure footholds in big city police departments ironically helped to make modern policework one of the most male dominated occupations in the United States. This book shows how female officers handled the complex gender politics of their work.

Product details

• Authors: Janis Appier
• Publisher: Temple University Press,U.S.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781566395601
• ISBN: 978-1-56639-560-1
• No. of pages: 227
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 404 g
• Series: Critical Perspectives on the Past Series; Critical Perspectives On The P; Critical Perspectives on the P
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries