Women in Charge

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 by both rank and gender. Women in police leadership face a different kind of gendered environment than their non-managerial counterparts, one in which a 'smart macho' culture of police management dominates. At the same time this book investigates the extent to which senior policewomen are involved in developing new styles and conceptualisations of leadership. It argues that women are involved in promoting a different kind of police leadership, using more consultative and holistic styles - styles not traditionally associated with the police organisation.

ISBN 1843920468   DEWEY edition DC22 ISBN13 9781843920465 (What's this?)   Pages 224 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd   Volumes 1 Imprint Willan Publishing   Weight (grammes) 544 Format Hardback   Published in Cullompton Publication date 01 Oct 2003   Height (mm) 234 Library of Congress HV8023   Width (mm) 156 DEWEY 363.20820942   Academic level Tertiary education, Undergraduate, Professional / Scholarly

		Acknowledgements
1		Introduction		1
2		The police organisation: a gendered site		21
3		Rethinking organisational change		44
4		The making of police leaders		68
5		Doing leadership		102
6		Being in the sisterhood (with no sisters)		137
7		Conclusion		171
		References and further reading		186
		Index		208

"'An outstanding, thoughtful and sophisticated book which makes a real contribution to our understanding of gender, leadership and change in modern policing' Frances Heidensohn, Goldsmiths College, University of London; 'provides an in-depth look at the "smart macho" culture that drives twenty-first century policing as managers adopt strategies from the business world and adapt them to the needs of public space' Dorothy Moses Schultz, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York"

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