Policijska kultura i rodni identiteti
Police Culture And Gender Identity

Summary/Abstract: Gender issues in policing, within the structures of the police, its human resources, and within police culture have only recently become the subject of detailed academic research. The number of cross-cultural studies looking into the role of women police officers, their prospects and the obstacles to their full integration is still very low. The available research mostly makes comparisons with the situation in Great Britain and the United States of America. This paper is an attempt to contribute to the analysis of the position of women in policing in some European countries, primarily in countries with a strong traditional and post-communist legacy, such as Ukraine. The present paper interprets certain data relevant to the position of women in police services in other East European countries, continental Europe, and the United Kingdom and the USA. The central subject of analysis is related to equal opportunity policies, issues of discrimination and harass ment cases. The hypothesis starts from conceptual principles of the notion of police culture and the related subjective and objective obstacles to the full integration of women in policing. The analysed results are presented as illustrated trends, and not as definite findings.

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