Gender Inclusive Policing

<p><em>Gender Inclusive Policing: Challenges and Achievements </em>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, Scandinavian countries, Australia), women in leadership (achievements and methods, merit and affirmative action issues), performance comparisons (conduct, ethics, peacebuilding), intersectionality (Indigenous women) and women’s police stations (Argentina). The book explores and grapples with issues of recruitment, deployment and promotion; obstacles to equity; effective integration strategies; management, conduct and policing styles; race and ethnicity; and specialisation.</p><p>It is an essential resource providing practical exemplars for police managers involved in gender-equity programmes and for professionals involved in advanced-level research, teaching and consulting.</p> <p>Preface</p><p><em>Tim Prenzler</em></p><p>1. In the Forefront of Female Policing?: Women in the Scandinavian Police Forces</p><p><em>Silje Fekjær and Andreea Alecu</em></p><p>2. Gender-based Reforms in Kenyan Policing – Reflection</p><p><em>Resila A. Onyango and Mangai Natarajan</em></p><p>3. Advances in Gender Equity in British Policing</p><p><em>Wendy Laverick and Emma Cunningham</em></p><p>4. State-Rebuilding and Equity: Women in the South African Police Service</p><p><em>Elrena van der Spuy and Rita Retief</em></p><p>5. Policing in Conflict: Women and the Afghan National Police</p><p><em>Melissa Jardine, Fatima Kashefi, Kawsar Abulfazil and Oana Neagu</em></p><p>6. Affirmative Action Recruitment Strategies in Australian Policing: Three Case Studies</p><p><em>Tim Prenzler and Jacqueline M. Drew</em></p><p>7. Police Stations for Women and Families in the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina</p><p><em>Jess Rodgers, Kerry Carrington, María Victoria Puyol, Máximo Sozzo and Vanessa Ryan</em></p><p>8. Overcoming Barriers of Gender and Race in Policing: Australian and New Zealand Examples</p><p><em>Sheena Fleming, Tim Prenzler and Janet Ransley</em></p><p>9. Women in Police Leadership: Making Rank as a Marker of Progress?</p><p><em>Marisa Silvestri, Jennifer Brown and Jenny Fleming</em></p><p>10. Issues of Merit and Affirmative Action in Police Promotion Systems</p><p><em>Jacqueline M. Drew and Carol A. Archbold</em></p><p>11. Gender and Police Officer Attitudes towards Ethical Behaviour</p><p><em>Sanja Kutnjak Ivković, Michael E. Meyer and Maria (Maki) Haberfeld</em></p><p>12. Male/Female Differences in Behavioural Indicators of Police Integrity</p><p><em>Tim Prenzler, Tyler Cawthray and Louise Porter</em></p><p>13. Women, Policing, and Peacebuilding in Post-Conflict States</p><p><em>Loene M. Howes</em></p><p>14. Learning the Lessons: Developing a Model Program for Gender-Inclusive Policing</p><p><em>Tim Prenzler and Jacqueline M. Drew</em></p>