Overview

Women Policing across the Globe provides a cross-cultural comparison of the integration of women in policing across the globe, paying special attention to the unique contributions that women make to the field, along with the shared challenges and resistance they face. Individual chapters within the book provide students with a snapshot of the status of women in modern police agencies in the countries of the United States, Kuwait, China, the United Kingdom, Australia, the United Arab Emirates, and Taiwan. However, shared issues and successes of women police in many more countries worldwide are discussed throughout the entire book. This book allows students to explore the different origins of entry, specialized roles, their experiences of resistance, and effects of historical events that have shaped the experiences of modern women police from across the world. The authors discuss the new gains women are making, despite the obstacles they face, and ways they are transforming how policing is done every day. And, finally, this book closes with collective issues and successes faced by women police worldwide.

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9781538116128

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Reviews

Women Policing Across the Globe fills a void in comparative research about women's integration into policing. It illustrates the difficulties comparing women's and their agencies' expectations of their roles across cultures and national boundaries. -- Dorothy Moses Schulz, PhD, Professor Emerita, John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY), author of Breaking the Brass Ceiling: Women Police Chiefs and Their Paths to the Top Women Policing Across the Globe is a must-read for police practitioners, scholars, and students who want to understand the unique experiences of female officers working in police agencies around the world. This collection of chapters challenges readers to think about how organizational policies and practices influence the workplace experiences of women who wear the badge beyond the borders of the United States. -- Carol A. Archbold, Walter F. and Verna Gehrts Endowed Professor, North Dakota State University

Author Information

Cara Rabe-Hemp, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Criminal Sciences at Illinois State University. She has been actively engaged with organizations which support women in law enforcement agencies, including the National Association of Women Executives in Law Enforcement, the National Association of Women and Police, and the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board Executive Institute’s Conference on Women in Criminal Justice. Rabe-Hemp has also published extensively in the area of women in law enforcement, including Thriving in an All-Boys Club: Female Police and Their Fight for Equality (Rowman & Littlefield, 2017). Venessa Garcia, PhD,is an associate professor of criminal justice at New Jersey City University. She has served as a deputy editor of Feminist Criminology since 2005; and has also published books with Rowman & Littlefield, including Crime, Media, and Reality: Examining Mixed Messages about Crime and Justice in Popular Media (with Samantha Arkerson, 2017) and Gendered justice: Intimate Partner Violence and the Criminal Justice System (with Patrick McManimon, 2011).

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