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Thriving in an All-Boys Club : Female Police and Their Fight for Equality.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (221 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442274303
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Thriving in an All-Boys ClubDDC classification:
  • 363.20820973
LOC classification:
  • HV8023.R334 2018
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction. The History of Women in Policing: Matrons to Patrol Officers -- Section I. FEMALE POLICE OFFICERS OF THE 1980s: Title Niners -- Chapter 1. Girls, Why Do You Want to Be Police Officers When You Grow Up? -- Chapter 2. Becoming a Police Officer -- Chapter 3. Changing the Gender of Policing -- Chapter 4. Facing the Intimidations of Harassment and Discrimination -- Chapter 5. The Dangers on the Beat -- Section II. FEMALE POLICE OFFICERS OF THE 1990s: Crime Fighters or Communication Experts -- Chapter 6. Community Policing -- Chapter 7. Pathways and Entering Police Work -- Chapter 8. Gaining Acceptance and Culture Shock -- Chapter 9. Making Rank: Glass Ceiling or Escalator? -- Section III. FEMALE POLICE OFFICERS OF THE 2000s: Career Minded and College Educated -- Chapter 10. Doing Policing Differently? -- Chapter 11. Women's Work -- Chapter 12. Motherhood -- Chapter 13. Work and Life Balance -- Conclusion. The Current Status of Women Police and Future Directions -- Appendix. Additional Resources -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: Though women changed their police role throughout history, sexual harassment and gender-bias is still evident in this male-dominated field. Cara Rabe-Hemp shows that despite the struggles that women face in the "all-boys club" of policing, not only do women survive but they thrive in this almost exclusively male occupation.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction. The History of Women in Policing: Matrons to Patrol Officers -- Section I. FEMALE POLICE OFFICERS OF THE 1980s: Title Niners -- Chapter 1. Girls, Why Do You Want to Be Police Officers When You Grow Up? -- Chapter 2. Becoming a Police Officer -- Chapter 3. Changing the Gender of Policing -- Chapter 4. Facing the Intimidations of Harassment and Discrimination -- Chapter 5. The Dangers on the Beat -- Section II. FEMALE POLICE OFFICERS OF THE 1990s: Crime Fighters or Communication Experts -- Chapter 6. Community Policing -- Chapter 7. Pathways and Entering Police Work -- Chapter 8. Gaining Acceptance and Culture Shock -- Chapter 9. Making Rank: Glass Ceiling or Escalator? -- Section III. FEMALE POLICE OFFICERS OF THE 2000s: Career Minded and College Educated -- Chapter 10. Doing Policing Differently? -- Chapter 11. Women's Work -- Chapter 12. Motherhood -- Chapter 13. Work and Life Balance -- Conclusion. The Current Status of Women Police and Future Directions -- Appendix. Additional Resources -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

Though women changed their police role throughout history, sexual harassment and gender-bias is still evident in this male-dominated field. Cara Rabe-Hemp shows that despite the struggles that women face in the "all-boys club" of policing, not only do women survive but they thrive in this almost exclusively male occupation.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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