Gay and lesbian cops : diversity and effective policing / / Roddrick A. Colvin

• Autore: Colvin Roddrick A.
• Pubblicazione: Boulder, Colorado : , : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , 2012; ©2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (223 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.2086/64
• Soggetto topico: Gay police officers - United States; Gay police officers - Great Britain; Lesbian police officers - United States; Lesbian police officers - Great Britain; Discrimination in law enforcement - United States; Discrimination in law enforcement - Great Britain
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Book Title""; ""Table of Contents""; ""List of Tables and Figures""; ""Table 4.1 Demographics of US Survey Respondents""; ""Table 4.2 US Survey Respondentsâ€? Sexual Orientation and Relationship Status""; ""Table 4.3 US Survey Respondentsâ€? Reasons for Choosing Law Enforcement Careers""; ""Table 4.4 Differential Treatment Reported by US Survey Respondents""; ""Table 4.5 Demographics of UK Survey Respondents""; ""Table 4.6 UK Survey Respondentsâ€? Sexual Orientation and Relationship Status""; ""Table 4.7 UK Survey Respondentsâ€? Reasons for Choosing Law Enforcement Careers"" ; ""Table 4.8 Differential Treatment Reported by UK Survey Respondents""""Table 5.1 Openly Lesbian and Gay Police Chiefs""; ""Table 5.2 Communities with Lesbian and Gay Liaison Officers, and Their Missions""; ""Table 6.1 Factors Affecting Public Service Delivery""; ""Table 6.2 Hate Crimes Reported in Washington, D.C., 1998â€?2009, by Basis of Bias""; ""Figure 4.1 Equal Employment Barriers Faced by US Survey Respondents""; ""Figure 4.2 Access Points Reported by US Survey Respondents""; ""Figure 4.3 Equal Employment Barriers Faced by UK Survey Respondents"" ; ""Figure 4.4 Access Points Reported by UK Survey Respondents""""Acknowledgments""; ""1-Lesbian and Gay Police Officers""; ""Why This Case Matters""; ""Similarities Between the US and UK Experiences""; ""Overview of the Book""; ""Note""; ""2-Old Issues,New Realities""; ""Employment Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation""; ""Managing Disclosure""; ""Lesbians and Gay Men in Policing""; ""Police Agencies and Failure""; ""Planned Change to Address Organizational Failure""; ""Eight Essential Elements of the Model of Planned Change""; ""Implications of Successful Planned Change"" ; ""Why This Case Matters""""Conclusion""; ""3-Law Enforcementâ€?s Move Toward Diversity""; ""Early Policing in the United Kingdom""; ""Early Policing in the United States""; ""Stonewall: The Birth of the Lesbian and Gay Rights Movement""; ""Unrest in the United Kingdom""; ""Community Policing""; ""Legacies of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry""; ""Police Community Support Officers""; ""Community Policing: Not a Perfect Model""; ""Community Policing in Lesbian and Gay Communities""; ""Measurable Outcomes of Community Policing""; ""Conclusion""; ""Note""; ""4-Officer Experiences and Perceptions"" ; ""Police Officers in the United States""""Survey of US Lesbian and Gay Officers""; ""Police Officers in the United Kingdom""; ""Survey of UK Lesbian and Gay Officers""; ""Comparing the US and UK Surveys""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""5-Unique Roles, Unique Contributions""; ""Factors Influencing Broader Acceptance""; ""Women in Policing as Trailblazers""; ""Lesbian and Gay Officers: Types of Service""; ""Measurable Outcomes in Policing""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""6-Urban and Rural Contexts""; ""Washington, D.C., and the Metropolitan Police Department"" ; ""Wiltshire, United Kingdom, and the Wiltshire Constabulary""
• Titolo autorizzato: Gay and lesbian cops
• ISBN: 1-58826-934-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462944203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II