Cover; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 The police organisation: a gendered site; 3 Rethinking organisational change; 4 The making of police leaders; 5 Doing leadership; 6 Being in the sisterhood (with no sisters); 7 Conclusion; References and further reading; Index
Summary
This book is concerned with the gendered world of police leadership at a time when calls are being made for a different kind of police leader to guide the organisation through the twenty-first century. Drawing on in-depth interviews carried out with senior policewomen across a range of police forces in England and Wales, Women in Charge is the first book to provide a detailed study of women in police leadership. The work challenges existing conceptualisations and theorisations of police culture for the study of police leaders, demonstrating the various ways in which police cultures are shaped
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-207) and index
