Gender and Community Policing: The Developing Euro-American Racist Subculture

by Susan L. Miller

Book Overview

While traditional policing celebrated male officers as masculine crime fighters who were tough, aloof, and physically intimidating, policewomen were characterized as too soft and emotional for patrol assignments and were relegated to roles focusing on children, other women, or clerical tasks. With the advent of community policing, women's perceived skills are finally finding a legitimate place in police work, and law enforcement structures now...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555534139
• ISBN13: 9781555534134
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Northeastern University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

A great book on Community Policing

I have always been interested in Community Policing. This book discusses Community Policing in a small Neighbourbood town and discusses the differences between Community Policing Officers (known as Neighbourhood Policing Officers) and Patrol Officers, specifically the gender differences. The author investigates if a particular gender is more suited to one of the two types of policing. The study is qualitative, which I prefer over quantitative. This gives the readers a strong understanding of the experiences of male and female Neighbourhood Policing Officers and Patrol Officers and the gender issues they face. Highly recommended for anyone who is interested in policing in general, community policing, or gender issues.

An important work about law enforcement

Miller confronts an important issue that puts focus on the important skills that women bring to the law enforcement arena. Recruitment policies that favor men, and biased entry tests that perpetuate disriminatory requirements must be replaced by an honest assessment of an individual's ability to sucessfully manage dangerous situations. Only then may we move towards a society that recognizes and appreciates the great strengths that women bring to law enforcement.