The fifth edition of the popular and highly acclaimed The Politics of the Police has been
completely revised, expanded, and updated to take in recent changes in the law, policy, and …

The 'cult of masculinity'has received much attention as a persistent and negative feature of
police culture, with its impacts repeatedly being drawn upon to make sense of women's lack …

This article reflects on the findings of two independent studies carried out by the authors into
partnership working between the police and other community agencies. Running counter to …

This article drives forward a more critical insight into the position of women within policing. In
focusing on women as police leaders, it problematizes taken for granted representations of …

Using a two-by-two vignette-based experimental design, this study aimed to examine the
effects of women's symbolic representation in sexual assault units and the arrest rate for …

Crime is a source of endless fascination and fear. Yet behind the apparent consensus that
crime must be fought, there is considerable conflict about what should or should not be …

Using data from 464 law enforcement agencies drawn from the Law Enforcement
Administrative and Management Statistics survey, the purpose of this study was to evaluate …

Attention to gender equality in paramilitary organizations such as policing has increased in
recent times following numerous reports identifying high levels of sex discrimination, sexual …

The objective of this study was to examine changes in American recruits' perceptions of the
seriousness of behaviors related to police integrity from the beginning to the end of their …

Research shows that increasing the number of female officers is beneficial to policing.
However, women remain a minority in police departments throughout the world, and the …