A look at the contradictions that emerge when a traditional paramilitary institution is challenged to expand its ideology and practice.

Derived from extensive ethnographic research (involving police responses to gangland shootings, high speed car chases as well as more routine policing activitie

This anthology explores the ways in which women of color are monitored, criminalized and regulated.

"An excellent overview of the position of women working as police officers in both Canada and the United States, past and present. The integration of theory, em

Women in Policing around the World is a historical, legal, political, and social examination of women in policing. The book opens with a comparison of cultural