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Policing Women: Histories in the Western World, 1800 to 1950
Policing Women examines for the first time the changing historical landscape of women's experiences of their contact with the official state police between 1800 to 1950, in the Western world.
| Author(s) | Edited by Jo Turner (Staffordshire University), Helen Johnston (University of Hull), Marion Pluskota (Universiteit Leiden). |
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| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 270 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 27 Nov 2023 |
| Availability | Not yet available |
Policing Women examines for the first time the changing historical landscape of women's experiences of their contact with the official state police between 1800 to 1950, in the Western world.
Introduction SECTION 1: Gender, Attitudes and Policing 1. Policing women in urban Scotland c.1890-1950 LOUISE JACKSON AND RIAN SUTTON 2. Policing women and girls in Canada from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth Century TAMARA MYERS
Jo Turner is an Associate Professor of Criminology at Staffordshire University, UK. Her research interests centre on the criminal justice system both contemporarily and in the past. In particular, Jo is interested in how women encounter and are treated by
