How far have women progressed in the `unfeminine' career of policing? How far do they want to go and how far will their male colleagues and the public let them? Women in Control? is the first comparative work on women and law enforcement in Britain and the United States. Based on a series of interviews with female officers, it examines such issues as equal opportunities, women officers' attitudes to sex crimes and violence, and male hostility and harassment, and explores new ground by seeking to place these experiences in the social and historical context.
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This is a timely and stimulating book and will welcomed by students and analysts of both policing and gender studies as well as by practitioners and policy makers ... a thought provoking, question raising and very welcome addition * British Journal of Criminology *



Book Information
ISBN 9780198260431
Author Frances Heidensohn
Format Paperback
Page Count 294
Imprint Clarendon Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 399g
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 138mm * 18mm