Gender & Policing - Case Study: Police As A Gender Regime Flashcards
Halford turned down for promotion 9 times in favour of…
Male colleagues
Halford, 1993:17
“The women(candidates) were lined up alongside each other and paraded in front of a mixed panel of very senior police officers who instructed is to remove all our upper clothing…we were given a looking over and expected, in the highly vulnerable state of undress to answer a…
Series of questions.”
Has been progress but it takes a long time to change an
Underlying culture
Police organisations characterised by: (3)
High levels of discrimination
High levels of sexual harassment/assault
Segregation by gender
What does this type of behaviour look like?
Sexually denigrating & controlling behaviour that comprises coercive control
Idea of sexualised banter, such as:
Crude nicknames
Male officers boasting of sexual conquests including on occasion sexual assaults
Exchanging pornography
