Women Police

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The law of equal representation should enable men and women in policing to be equally valued and rewarded for the work they perform, but it has been repeatedly shown that due to the great deal of opposition to the entry of women into policing, women worldwide have been unable to fully integrate into this largely male profession. Gender stereotypes have impeded the progress of women in policing and have played an unfortunate role in discriminating and devaluing their work. However, women make a valuable contribution to policing and the recognition and nurturing of their skills presents an important challenge to police management. The introduction to the volume reviews the status of women officers worldwide and the integration progress made to date. The important twenty four articles chosen for inclusion in this book document the need for women officers and describe the many barriers they face in being fully assimilated into policing. This volume serves as a 'wake up call' for police management to find ways to attract and retain women in the police force. Cover Half Title Title Copyright Contents Acknowledgements Series Preface Introduction PART I THE HISTORY OF WOMEN IN POLICING 1 'Preventive Justice: The Campaign for Women Police, 1910-1940', Women and Criminal Justice, 4, pp. 3-36. 2 'Policewomen in the 1950s: Paving the Way for Patrol', Women and Criminal Justice, 4, pp. 5-30. 3 'Women on the Move?: A Report on the Status of Women in Policing', Women and Criminal Justice, 1, pp. 21-40. 4 'Concession and Containment: The Establishment of Women in the Queensland Police, 1931-1965', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 31, pp. 119-40. 5 'Discriminatory Experiences of Women Police. A Comparison of Officers Serving in England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland', International Journal of the Sociology of Law, 28, pp. 91-111. PART II IMPEDIMENTS TO FULL INTEGRATION 6 'Policing Women Police', British Journal of Criminology, 38, pp. 40-60. 7 'Gender and Police Stress: The Convergent and Divergent Impact of Work Environment, Work-Family Conflict, and Stress Coping Mechanisms of Female and Male Police Officers', Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, 25, pp. 687-708. 8 'Women in Small-Town Policing: Job Performance and Stress', Criminal Justice and Behavior, 19, pp. 240-59. 9 'The Impact of Equal Opportunities Policies on the Day-to-Day Experiences of Women Police Constables', British Journal of Criminology, 36, pp. 510-28. 10 'A Social Constructionist Account of Police Culture and its Influence on the Representation and Progression of Female Officers: A Repertory Grid Analysis in a UK Police Force', Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, 24, pp. 181-99. 11 'Appropriate Skill-Task Matching or Gender Bias in Deployment of Male and Female Police Officers?', Policing and Society, 3, pp. 121-36. 12 'Gender Differences in Police Physical Ability Test Performance', American Journal of Police, 15, pp. 93-108. PART III PERCEIVED PERFORMANCE AND ATTITUDES TO WOMEN POLICE 13 'Evaluating Women on Patrol: A Critique of Contemporary Wisdom', Evaluation Review, 10, pp. 230-55. 14 'The Attitudes of Women and Men in Policing: Testing Conventional and Contemporary Wisdom', Criminology, 31, pp. 203-41. 15 'Female Officers on Patrol: Public Perceptions in the 1990's', Journal of Crime and Justice, 20, pp. 153-65. 16 'The Weaker Sex? Women and Police Work', International Journal of Police Science and Management, 1, pp. 260-75. PART IV THE CURRENT STATUS OF WOMEN POLICE WORLDWIDE 17 'Female Police Officers in Israel: Patterns of Integration and Discrimination', Feminist Issues, 13, pp. 23-45. 18 '"We Have to Prove We Are Not Just Women": Policewomen in Papua New Guinea', International Journal of Comparative Criminology, 1, pp. 40-76. 19 'Constructing and Negotiating Gender in Women's Police Stations in Brazil', Latin American Perspectives, 23, pp. 131-48. 20 'Women Police in Tamil Nadu, India: A Tale of Two Cohorts', International Journal of Comparative Criminology, 2, pp. 201-24. PART V PROSPECTS FOR FULL INTEGRATION 21 'Measuring Progress in Gender Equity in Australian Policing', Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 12, pp. 20-38. 22 'Comparative Models of Policing and the Role of Women Officers', International Journal of Police Science and Management, 1, pp. 215-26. 23 'European Policewomen; A Comparative Research Perspective', International Journal of the Sociology of Law, 25, pp. 1-19. 24 'Women Police in a Traditional Society: Test of a Western Model of Integration', International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 42, pp. 211-33. Name Index