Business Research Methods - Women Working in the Police Force
Women Working in The Police Force Focus of Research
Women in the police service have gone from making tea to taking positions in all ranks and all roles in three decades. This research is focused to address the role, importance and benefits of using females in Policing. I will try to find out the development stages of policing. The research will be a combination of historical events and current roles, responsibilities, and scope of women in police force.
Research Question
The research question will be as follow: * What are the roles, responsibilities, importance and scope of women in police service? How these roles are developed over last three decades?
Literature Overview
Over the past few decades, policing and police officers have changed. Policing used to lean heavily toward physical attributes, such as height, weight and brute strength. Over time, the attributes that were thought to make a good police officer have shifted. The job still requires a great level of physical fitness; however, what are more important now is good moral character, and excellent interpersonal, problem-solving and conflict-resolution skills (L. Jackson, 2003, pp. 623-48).
This shift can be attributed to a new, proactive style of policing called community policing. Community policing is now used across North America, and the EPS is a leader in this area. It’s an integral part of how we work on a daily basis in our community (L. Jackson, 2006).
Community Policing
Community policing is a philosophy that promotes organisational strategies which support the systematic use of partnerships and problem-solving techniques. It proactively addresses the immediate conditions that give rise to public safety issues such as crime, social disorder, and fear of crime (L. Bland, 1982, pp. 373-88).
Essentially, it’s about establishing relationships in the community — with residents, business owners and community leagues — and collaborating with those partners in order to
Women in the police service have gone from making tea to taking positions in all ranks and all roles in three decades. This research is focused to address the role, importance and benefits of using females in Policing. I will try to find out the development stages of policing. The research will be a combination of historical events and current roles, responsibilities, and scope of women in police force.
Research Question
The research question will be as follow: * What are the roles, responsibilities, importance and scope of women in police service? How these roles are developed over last three decades?
Literature Overview
Over the past few decades, policing and police officers have changed. Policing used to lean heavily toward physical attributes, such as height, weight and brute strength. Over time, the attributes that were thought to make a good police officer have shifted. The job still requires a great level of physical fitness; however, what are more important now is good moral character, and excellent interpersonal, problem-solving and conflict-resolution skills (L. Jackson, 2003, pp. 623-48).
This shift can be attributed to a new, proactive style of policing called community policing. Community policing is now used across North America, and the EPS is a leader in this area. It’s an integral part of how we work on a daily basis in our community (L. Jackson, 2006).
Community Policing
Community policing is a philosophy that promotes organisational strategies which support the systematic use of partnerships and problem-solving techniques. It proactively addresses the immediate conditions that give rise to public safety issues such as crime, social disorder, and fear of crime (L. Bland, 1982, pp. 373-88).
Essentially, it’s about establishing relationships in the community — with residents, business owners and community leagues — and collaborating with those partners in order to
References: Deborah Rhode, The Difference Makes: Women and Leadership (2002) L. Bland, 'Guardians of the Race, or Vampires Upon the Nation’s Health? Female Sexuality and its Regulation in Early Twentieth Century Britain ', in E. Whitelegg et al (eds), The Changing Experience of Women (Oxford, 1982), pp. 373-88. L. Jackson, 'Lady Cops and Decoy Doras: Gender, Surveillance and the Construction of Urban Knowledge, 1919-59 ', London Journal, 27 (2002), pp. 63-83. L. Jackson, 'Care or Control? The Metropolitan Women Police and Child Welfare, 1919-1969 ',Historical Journal, 46 (2003), pp. 623-48. L. Jackson, Women Police: Gender, Welfare and Surveillance in the Twentieth Century(Manchester, 2006). P. Levine, Walking the Streets in a Way No Decent Woman Should: Women Police in World War I ', Journal of Modern History, 66 (1994), pp. 34-78. Woollacott, 'Khaki Fever and its Control: Gender, Class, Age and Sexual Morality on the British Homefront During the First World War ', Journal of Contemporary History, 29 (1994), pp. 325-47.