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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255268503321

Autore

Chan Annie

Titolo

Women in the Hong Kong Police Force : Organizational Culture, Gender and Colonial Policing / / by Annie Hau-Nung Chan, Lawrence Ka-Ki Ho

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

1-349-95281-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XI, 298 p.)

Collana

Palgrave Advances in Criminology and Criminal Justice in Asia

Disciplina

363.2082

Soggetti

Police

Crime—Sociological aspects

Sociology

Economic sociology

China—History

Asia—Politics and government

Policing

Crime and Society

Gender Studies

Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology

History of China

Asian Politics

History

China Hong Kong

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the development of women in the Hong Kong Police Force (HKP) over the past 68 years, beginning from the early colonial years when calls to include women in law enforcement first emerged, to the recruitment of the first female sub-inspector in 1949, and through to the current situation where policewomen constitute 15% of the total HKP establishment. What accounts for these developments



and what do they tell us about organisational culture, gender and colonial policing? This interdisciplinary work is relevant to fields including women’s studies, gender studies, policing studies, criminology, colonial history, sociology, and organisational studies, and will appeal to academics, students and lay readers interested in the development of women in policing.