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- ISBN 9781538116128
- Weight: 395g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 16 Oct 2019
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
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).
