Women in Charge - Policing, Gender and Leadership

Informationen zum Autor Marisa Silvestri is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at London South Bank University. Klappentext Drawing on in-depth interviews carried out with senior policewomen across a range of police forces in England and Wales, Women in Charge is the first book to provide a detailed study of women in police leadership. The work challenges existing conceptualisations and theorisations of police culture for the study of police leaders, whilst at the same time investigating the extent to which senior policewomen are involved in developing new styles and conceptualisations of leadership. Zusammenfassung The number of women police in England and Wales continues to increase, and whilst under represented at senior rank level the arrival of women at Chief Constable level has raised the profile of their role. This title provides a detailed study of senior women police officers Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction  2. The police organisation: a gendered site  3. Rethinking organisational change  4. The making of police leaders  5. Doing leadership  6. Being in the sisterhood (with no sisters)  7. Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Marisa Silvestri, Silvestri Marisa
• Publisher: Willan Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2008
• EAN: 9781843920465
• ISBN: 978-1-84392-046-5
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; England, Wales, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, LAW / Jurisprudence, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Police & security services, Gender studies: women, Jurisprudence & general issues, Gender studies: women and girls, Police and security services, Jurisprudence and general issues, Wales / Cymru