Policing and Gendered Justice

Informationen zum Autor Marilyn Corsianos is an Associate Professor of Criminology and Sociology at Eastern Michigan University. Klappentext "An excellent overview of the position of women working as police officers in both Canada and the United States, past and present. The integration of theory, empirical evidence, and policy implications is striking." - Nancy Jurik, Arizona State University Zusammenfassung "An excellent overview of the position of women working as police officers in both Canada and the United States! past and present. The integration of theory! empirical evidence! and policy implications is striking." - Nancy Jurik! Arizona State University Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Preface 1. The History of Women in Policing in the United States and Canada 2. Gender Analyses in Criminology and Policing 3. Responding to Gendered Aspects of Policing Using Different Feminist Perspectives/Paradigms 4. The Police Culture: Gender! Ideology! and the "Brotherhood of Policing" 5. Gender and Community Policing: Can Community Policing Promote Gendered Justice? 6. Gender! Detectives! and Discretionary Powers 7. Gender Identity and Shared Policing Experiences 8. Effecting Change through the Use of Feminist Methods and Action-Research Bibliography Index

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Marilyn Corsianos is an Associate Professor of Criminology and Sociology at Eastern Michigan University.

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"An excellent overview of the position of women working as police officers in both Canada and the United States, past and present. The integration of theory, empirical evidence, and policy implications is striking." - Nancy Jurik, Arizona State University

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Acknowledgements

Preface

1. The History of Women in Policing in the United States and Canada

2. Gender Analyses in Criminology and Policing

3. Responding to Gendered Aspects of Policing Using Different Feminist Perspectives/Paradigms

4. The Police Culture: Gender, Ideology, and the "Brotherhood of Policing"

5. Gender and Community Policing: Can Community Policing Promote Gendered Justice?

6. Gender, Detectives, and Discretionary Powers

7. Gender Identity and Shared Policing Experiences

8. Effecting Change through the Use of Feminist Methods and Action-Research

Bibliography

Index