Gender and Policing |
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| Author:
| Westmarland, Louise |
| ISBN: | 978-1-135-99342-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2002 |
| Publisher: | Willan Publishing
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| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $52.95USD $180.00USD $180.00 |
Book Description:
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Derived from extensive ethnographic research (involving police responses to gangland shootings, high speed car chases as well as more routine policing activities), this book examines the way police attitudes and beliefs combine to perpetuate a working culture which is dependent upon traditional conceptions of 'male' and 'female'. In doing so it challenges previously held assumptions about the way women are harassed, manipulated and constrained, focusing rather on the more subtle...
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Derived from extensive ethnographic research (involving police responses to gangland shootings, high speed car chases as well as more routine policing activities), this book examines the way police attitudes and beliefs combine to perpetuate a working culture which is dependent upon traditional conceptions of 'male' and 'female'. In doing so it challenges previously held assumptions about the way women are harassed, manipulated and constrained, focusing rather on the more subtle impact of structures and norms within police culture.