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Contents 1 History of women in policing 1.1 Notable women in history of of women in policing 2 status today 2.1 notable women in current policing 3 research on efficacy / gender differences in policing 4 Policewomen in the media 5 organizations 5.1 US-based organizations 5.1.1 national 5.1.2 regional and state 5.2 European 5.3 Australasian 6 References

[edit] History of women in policing

history of women in policing, prominent and first women police, organizations, and issues

In the US, in 1970 only 2% of all police were female; by 1991, 9% of all police were female.

Women permitted to join beginning in early 20th century, but often restricted to office, street-crossing guards (as memorably portrayed in charlie's angels), and restricted from "patrol"; a distinction seen today in the US military's combat restrictions on women.

[edit] Notable women in history of of women in policing

• - 1905 first documented appt of a woman with police powers (ref Peyser 1985)
• Margaret Q. Adams - first female deputy sheriff in the US when joined LA Sheriff's Dept in 1912
• Alice Stebbins Wells - first female police officer, hired by LAPD, 1910, Sept. 12
• Georgia Ann Robinson, first African-American female police officer, hired by the LAPD in 1916.

[edit] status today

• modern statistics
• significant dicrimination persists, often in comb with racial discrimination

[edit] notable women in current policing

• any female chiefs etc

[edit] research on efficacy / gender differences in policing

• Women Police Officers & the Use of Coercion, http://www.haworthpress.com/store/E-Text/View_EText.asp?a=3&fn=J012v15n03_05&i=3%2F4&s=J012&v=15

[edit] Policewomen in the media

• Charlie's Angels
• The X-Files (Scully)
• Police Woman
• Cagney and Lacey

[edit] organizations

• International Assn of Women Police (IAWP), http://www.iawp.org/

[edit] US-based organizations

[edit] national

• National Association of Women Law Enforcement Executives, NAWLEE, http://www.nawlee.com/
• Natl Center for women & Policing, http://www.womenandpolicing.org/
• Women in Federal Law Enforcement (WIFLE), http://www.wifle.com/
• National Institute for Women in Trades, Technology & Science (NIWTTS), http://www.womenpolice.com/index.html
• Policewomen's Endowment Assn
• National Organization of Black Women in Law Enforcement

[edit] regional and state

• Mid-Atlantic Assn of Women in Law Enforcement (MAAWLE), http://www.maawle.org/
• Women Police Officers Assn of California, http://wpoaca.com
• Connecticut Association of Women Police, http://www.cawp.net/

[edit] European

• British Assn for Women in Policing, http://www.bawp.org/
• Assn for Belgian Policewomen, http://www.amazone.be/residents_policieres.html
• European Network of Policewomen (ENP), http://www.enp.nl/

[edit] Australasian

• Australian Council of Women and Policing, Inc. (ACWAP), http://www.auspol-women.asn.au/

[edit] References

• http://www.ncjrs.gov/policing/fem635.htm
• http://www.sameshield.com/ history of women in law enforcement
• Women & the Badge - Oxygen TV show http://www.oxygen.com/badge/
• Women at Ground Zero http://www.womenatgroundzero.com/
• Recruiting and Retaining Women http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/bja/185235.pdf
• Women and Policing Conference, 2004, http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/aag/speeches/womenpolice.htm

see also women in espionage, women in law enforcement

Category:Law enforcement Category:Police Category:Female police officers