Thriving in an All-Boys Club : Female Police and Their Fight for Equality.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (221 pages)
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.