1st Edition

Gender Inclusive Policing Challenges and Achievements

Edited By Tim Prenzler Copyright 2023
184 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

184 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

184 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Gender Inclusive Policing: Challenges and Achievements is an edited collection focused on current challenges, innovations and positive achievements in gender integration in policing in different subject domains and locations. Comprised of essays by expert contributors from across the globe, the book covers a variety of topics including jurisdictional achievements (South Africa, British Isles,... Read more

Preface

Tim Prenzler

1. In the Forefront of Female Policing?: Women in the Scandinavian Police Forces

Silje Fekjær and Andreea Alecu

2. Gender-based Reforms in Kenyan Policing – Reflection

Resila A. Onyango and Mangai Natarajan

3. Advances in Gender Equity in British Policing

Wendy Laverick and Emma Cunningham

4. State-Rebuilding and Equity: Women in the South African Police Service

Elrena van der Spuy and Rita Retief

5. Policing in Conflict: Women and the Afghan National Police

Melissa Jardine, Fatima Kashefi, Kawsar Abulfazil and Oana Neagu

6. Affirmative Action Recruitment Strategies in Australian Policing: Three Case Studies

Tim Prenzler and Jacqueline M. Drew

7. Police Stations for Women and Families in the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Jess Rodgers, Kerry Carrington, María Victoria Puyol, Máximo Sozzo and Vanessa Ryan

8. Overcoming Barriers of Gender and Race in Policing: Australian and New Zealand Examples

Sheena Fleming, Tim Prenzler and Janet Ransley

9. Women in Police Leadership: Making Rank as a Marker of Progress?

Marisa Silvestri, Jennifer Brown and Jenny Fleming

10. Issues of Merit and Affirmative Action in Police Promotion Systems

Jacqueline M. Drew and Carol A. Archbold

11. Gender and Police Officer Attitudes towards Ethical Behaviour

Sanja Kutnjak Ivković, Michael E. Meyer and Maria (Maki) Haberfeld

12. Male/Female Differences in Behavioural Indicators of Police Integrity

Tim Prenzler, Tyler Cawthray and Louise Porter

13. Women, Policing, and Peacebuilding in Post-Conflict States

Loene M. Howes

14. Learning the Lessons: Developing a Model Program for Gender-Inclusive Policing

Tim Prenzler and Jacqueline M. Drew

Biography

Tim Prenzler is a Professor of Criminology in the School of Law and Society at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia. His research interests include crime and corruption prevention, police and security officer safety, security industry regulation and gender equity in policing. His books include Regulating the Security Industry: Global Perspectives (2018, Routledge, with Mahesh Nalla), Civilian Oversight of Police: Advancing Accountability in Law Enforcement (2016, Taylor & Francis, with Garth den Heyer) and 100 Years of Women Police in Australia (2015, Australian Academic Press).