Contents
Women and Policing in America: Classic and Contemporary Readings
Chapter Organization and Contents:
Chapter 1: The History of Women in Policing
Introduction
- T. Roy Leevy (1948), “The Role of the Police Matron”
- Lois Higgins (1950), “Women police service”
- Theresa M. Melchionne (1967), “Current Status and Problems of Women Police.”
- Dorothy M. Schulz (1993), “Police women in the 1950s: Paving the way for patrol”
- Dorothy M. Schulz (1993), “From Policewoman to Police Officer: An Unfinished Revolution”
Chapter 2: Hiring, Training, Retention, and Promotion
Introduction
- Tim R. Sass and Jennifer L. Troyer (1999), “Affirmative action, political representation, unions and female police employment.”
- Robin N. Haarr (2005), “Factors affecting the decision of police recruits to ‘drop out’ of police work”
- Felicia Shpritzer (1959), “A Case for the Promotion of Policewomen in the City of New York”
- Carol Archbold and Kimberly D. Hassell (2009), “Paying a Marriage Tax: An examination of the barriers to the promotion of female police officers”
Chapter 3: The Police Role and the Acceptance of Women in Policing
Introduction
- Susan E. Martin (1979), “Police Women and Police Women: Occupational role dilemmas and choices of female officers”
- Judie Gaffin Wexler (1985), Role styles of women police officers”
- Susan E. Martin (1994), “Outsider Within” the Station House: The Impact of Race and Gender on Black Women Police”
- Eileen Luna-Firebaugh (2002), “Women in tribal policing: An examination of their status and experiences”
Chapter 4 Workplace Experiences of Women in Policing
Introduction
- Hassell, Kimberly D. and Steven G. Brandl (2009), “An examination of the workplace experiences of police patrol officers: The role of race, sex, and sexual orientation”
- R. Rita Dorsey and David J. Giacopassi (1986), “Assessing Gender Differences in the Levels of Cynicism among Police Officers”
- ML Dantzker and Betsy Kubin (1998), “Job Satisfaction: The gender perspective among police officers”
- He, Ni, Jihong Zhao and Carol A. Archbold (2002), “Gender and Police Stress: The convergent and divergent impact of work environment, work-family conflict and stress coping mechanisms of female and male police officers”
Chapter 5: Police Practices: Women on Patrol
Introduction
- P.B. Bloch and D. Anderson (1974), “Policewomen on Patrol – Final Report”
- Larry J Sherman (1975), “Evaluation of Policewomen on Patrol in a Suburban Police Department”
- Joanne Belknap and Jill Kastens Shelley (1992), “The new Lone Ranger: Police Women on Patrol”
- Peter Hoffman and Edward Hickey (2005), “Use of force by female police officers”
Chapter 6: The Future of Women in Policing
Introduction
- IACP (1999), “Future of Women in Policing”
- Cara E. Rabe-Hemp (2008), “Survival in an ‘all boys club’: policewomen and their fight for acceptance”
- Dorothy M. Schulz (2003), “Women police chiefs: a statistical profile”
- Dorothy M. Schulz (2009), “Women Special Agents in Charge: The first generation”
