Louise A. Jackson
Women Police: Gender, welfare and surveillance in the twentieth century
- ISBN 13:
- 9780719089107
- author:
- Louise A. Jackson
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2012
- Pages:
- 232
- Dimensions:
- 5.50 (w) x 8.50 (h) x 0.48 (d)
- Genre:
- Sex Role & the Work Place, Feminism & Feminist Theory, Criminology - Theory
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
Women Police: A Historical Study of Women in the UK Police Service This book examines the professional roles, identities, and everyday experiences of women employed in the UK police service since the First World War, against the backdrop of social and cultural change. It charts the relationship between gender, surveillance, and penal-welfare strategies, highlighting the specialist roles women police played in detecting and preventing child abuse and neglect, investigating sexual violence, and regulating prostitution. Women police fashioned their own occupational culture and style of working in relation to male colleagues, other professionals, and the women and children they encountered. The book concludes by examining experiences at the end of the twentieth century, comparing and contrasting the differing concepts of 'equality' that have shaped women's involvement in the police service. By exploring the history of women in the police service, this book provides a nuanced understanding of the complex relationships between gender, surveillance, and penal-welfare strategies in the UK.
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