Women in the Hong Kong Police Force: Organizational Culture, Gender and Colonial Policing

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This book examines the development of women in the Hong Kong Police Force (HKP) over the past 68 years, beginning from the early colonial years when calls to include women in law enforcement first emerged, to the recruitment of the first female sub-inspector in 1949, and through to the current situation where policewomen constitute 15% of the total HKP establishment. What accounts for these developments and what do they tell us about organisational culture, gender and colonial policing? This interdisciplinary work is relevant to fields including women’s studies, gender studies, policing studies, criminology, colonial history, sociology, and organisational studies, and will appeal to academics, students and lay readers interested in the development of women in policing. Front Matter ....Pages i-xi Introduction (Annie Hau-Nung Chan, Lawrence Ka-Ki Ho)....Pages 1-38 The Early Years (Annie Hau-Nung Chan, Lawrence Ka-Ki Ho)....Pages 39-72 Integration and Equal Pay: Equal but Not the Same (Annie Hau-Nung Chan, Lawrence Ka-Ki Ho)....Pages 73-132 Continuity and Change Through the 1980s and 1990s (Annie Hau-Nung Chan, Lawrence Ka-Ki Ho)....Pages 133-202 New Millennium, New Direction? (Annie Hau-Nung Chan, Lawrence Ka-Ki Ho)....Pages 203-246 Conclusion (Annie Hau-Nung Chan, Lawrence Ka-Ki Ho)....Pages 247-275 Back Matter ....Pages 277-298