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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"women police"”.
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Factors Important to the Vocational Development of Women Police Officers
<p>Problem</p> <p>The contributions policewomen have made in the relatively short period of their existence have led many police departments to regard women as an indispensable part of the American police force. During the last nine years a large variety of opportunities have become available to …
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"Suck it up, Buttercup": The Role of Gender in the Mental Health of Police Officers
Police officers are at higher risk for several different mental disorders relative to the general population, arguably due to the nature of their work. Women police officers report elevated mental disorders symptoms when compared to men police officers. Empirical research on which factors may be …
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Being Nice is Lethal: Disciplining and Subverting Southern Femininity in Contemporary Southern Popular Culture
… is disciplined and subverted by individual women and the public. Humorous prescriptive literature in the first chapter provides the data necessary to delineate key markers of “ideal” southern femininity and how primarily elite white women perform it. The second chapter focuses on the show …
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Often treated harshly: Girls and young women in 1957 Perth
… It researches various aspects of life for young women and teenage girls in Perth in 1957, that contrast with the idealised youthful femininity promoted by women’s magazines such as The Australian Women’s Weekly. It discusses status offences in the context of child welfare legislation and the …
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Women's perceptions of safety : CCTV in an inner city setting
… research looking at the link between CCTV, women’s safety and fear of crime. The literature on fear of crime shows that women are more fearful than men even though they are less likely to be offended against. Many reasons are proposed in the literature including vulnerability, victimisation …
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The Changing Role of Women in Policing: Job Satisfaction Study in the Birmingham Police Department.
The role of women in America today is in a state of flux. The increase in the number of women in the labor market shows that their social and economic roles are changing. More women are employed in the United States labor force than ever before (Population Reference Bureau, 1977:319). It was …
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Women in Policing: Their Disillusion Phase at Work
Studies on the career paths of municipal police officers have revealed an emergence of four distinct phases which officers pass through during their professional careers, phases where the perception of their profession changes. These phases are more constant at the patrol officer level where most …