From Social Worker to Crimefighter - Women in United States Municipal Policing

List of contents

Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
Forerunners: The Matrons (1820-1899)
The Early Policewomen (1900-1928)
The International Association of Policewomen (1915-1932)
Women's Bureaus (1918-1928)
Depression Losses (1929-1941)
World War II and the 1940s
Paving the Way for Patrol (1950-1967)
Women Become Crimefighters (1968-1990s)
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index

About the author

DOROTHY MOSES SCHULZ is Professor of Law, Police Studies, and Criminal Justice Administration at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice (City University of New York). She was the first woman captain to serve with the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Police Department and its predecessor department, the Conrail Police Department. She is the author of From Social Worker to Crimefighter: Women in United States Municipal Policing (Praeger, 1995), and has published widely on historical and current issues involving women in policing. She is a member of numerous police and academic associations, and has spoken at conferences of the International Association of Women Police, Women in Federal Law Enforcement, the National Center for Women & Policing, the Senior Women Officers of Great Britain, and the Canadian Police College.

Product details

• Authors: Dorothy M. Schulz
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.05.1995
• EAN: 9780275949969
• ISBN: 978-0-275-94996-9
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, United States of America, USA, Police & security services, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Police and security services, Current Events and Issues: Law and Crime