Police Diversity

Beyond the Blue
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-4473-4794-1
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 306 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 603 g

Tensions between police and diverse communities in both the US and UK require innovation about ways to improve relations. While police diversity is often discussed as a potential solution, these discussions lack theoretical and empirical support.

This volume presents an original discussion of race, gender, sexual orientation and class diversity and shows that police diversity can have meaningful impacts on the decision-making, outcomes and legitimacy of police forces.

Drawing on theoretical and empirical research including interviews with diverse police leaders, this book examines how police diversity can help shift traditional policing cultures. It also considers obstacles to police reform, revealing how championing meaningful diversity can positively impact the lives of policed communities.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lai Quinlan, Tara

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Verwaltungsrecht Verwaltungspraxis Polizei

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Understanding and Defining Police Diversity

2. Police Culture

3. Police Legitimacy, Culture and Representativeness

4. Racial and Ethnic Minorities in Policing

5. Women in Policing

6. LGBTQ+ Officers in Policing

7. Social Class in Policing

8. Diversity and Representative Bureaucracy

9. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Tara Lai Quinlan is a qualified lawyer and Associate Professor in Law and Criminal Justice at Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham.