Women in the Hong Kong police force : organizational culture, gender and colonial policing
Document Type
Book
Edition
1st ed.
Publication Date
11-30-2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Keywords
History, Criminology, Criminal Justice, Equality, Gender Studies, Women's Studies, Colonial History, Organizational Studies, Police Officer, Community Policing, Asian History, China
Abstract
This book examines the development of women in the Hong Kong Police Force (HKP) over the past 68 years, beginning from the early colonial years when calls to include women in law enforcement first emerged, to the recruitment of the first female sub-inspector in 1949, and through to the current situation where policewomen constitute 15% of the total HKP establishment. What accounts for these developments and what do they tell us about organisational culture, gender and colonial policing? This interdisciplinary work is relevant to fields including women’s studies, gender studies, policing studies, criminology, colonial history, sociology, and organisational studies, and will appeal to academics, students and lay readers interested in the development of women in policing.
DOI
10.1057/978-1-349-95281-6
ISBN
9781349952809
Funding Information
The research for this book is funded by a Hong Kong Research Grants Council General Research Fund for the project “Using a Gendered Organization Approach to examine Gender and Policing in the Hong Kong Context” (RGC Ref: 340112). {RGC Ref: 340112}
Publisher Statement
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Full-text Version
Publisher’s Version
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Chan, A. H.-N. & Ho, L. K.-K. (2017). Women in the Hong Kong police force: Organizational culture, gender and colonial policing. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK. doi: 10.1057/978-1-349-95281-6