Social and Cultural History Today
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British women police played a key role for much of the twentieth century and beyond in preventing and detecting child abuse and neglect and in the policing of families--long before these issues became the focus of state concern in the 1960s.They have also been crucial in detective and plain-clothes work and as well as in uniform "beat" and administrative roles. This book shows how women in the police service have created a new notion of "feminine" authority and a distinct professional identity. It provides detailed analyses of policing in all its forms including relationships with clients, with men in the service and, vitally, with welfare organizations and tells the inspiring story of the struggle for full integration into the service culminating in the the Sex Discrimination Act of 1975 and subsequent growth in numbers and authority