Women in Policing around the World

Doing Gender and Policing in a Gendered Organization
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-4665-6639-2
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 451 g

Reihe: Advances in Police Theory and Practice

Women in Policing around the World is a historical, legal, political, and social examination of women in policing. The book opens with a comparison of cultural definitions of gender and how this affects women’s work in general and policing specifically. The book then takes the reader through women in policing in the Eastern and Western Hemispheres, featuring several countries within the major regions of the world. Major commonalities and differences are identified in the areas of recruitment, training, deployment, promotion, and violence against women.

Among the key features of this book is a balanced coverage of historical and timely events that led to the current status of women police in their respective countries. The book identifies the commonalities that women police experience throughout the world, relying on the most current research. The book also dedicates coverage of policing violence against women in society as well as within the police organization itself. The author includes tables to allow for national comparisons throughout the book, as well as current and historical photos.

This book is intended for researchers and students of police culture and women in policing. It does not rely heavily on one country or region, thus allowing for an enlightening international comparison.

Zielgruppe

Academic and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Garcia, Venessa

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Kindesmissbrauch, Sexueller Missbrauch, Häusliche Gewalt
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Rechtsmedizin, Forensik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Sociology of Gender; 2. Ideology and Images of Women and Policing; 3. Past and Current Status of Women Police in the Eastern Hemisphere; 4. Past and Current Status of Women Police in the Western Hemisphere; 5. Recruitment, Training, and Promotion of Women in the Gendered Police Organization; 6. Gendered Policing: Working Conditions and Gender-Based Violence; 7. Revisiting the Police Organization: Future Directions

Über Autor(innen)

Venessa Garcia, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at New Jersey City University. She has served as Deputy Editor and Editorial Board Member of Feminist Criminology since 2005. She has published extensively in the area of women in law enforcement, victims of crime, and media and crime. Her latest book is Women Police Across the Globe: Shared Challenges and Successes in the Integration of Women Police Worldwide (2020, edited with Cara Rabe-Hemp).