Police culture has for over half a century attracted interest from academics, students, policy-
makers, police institutions and the general public. However, the literature of this area has …

Since the late 1960s sociology, in common with other social sciences, has been affected by
a major change in its assumptions about the world: for the first time, gender is on the …

This book provides a lucid and highly acclaimed introduction to gender issues in crime and
criminal justice, central to any understanding of crime and criminal justice policy and …

Let us begin with a bold claim: all research involves secrets and silences of various kinds,
and these secrets and silences matter. That is the premise of this volume, which brings …

In recent years, women and leaders have increasingly been identified as key players in the
project of achieving organizational change in policing. This article provides a conceptual …

The twentieth century was a time of rapid social change in Ireland: from colonial rule to
independence, civil war and later the Troubles; from poverty to globalisation and the Celtic …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to compare the levels and predictors of burnout
between female and male sergeants in a large municipal law enforcement agency …

The purpose of the study was to determine Malaysian women managers' career
progression. More specifically, the study examined the influence of family related barriers …

This article explores female occupational identity construction by looking at the issue of
media representations of women's police work in the United Kingdom. The example …

Practical implications–The results indicate the importance of studying the different
components burnout as well as allocating organizational resources to mitigating these …