A History of Police and Masculinities, 1700û2010

by Barrie; David G.

• ISBN13: 9780415671293
• ISBN10: 0415671299
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-02-10
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This collection explores how ideologies about masculinities have shaped police culture, policy and institutional organization from the eighteenth century to the present day. It aims to open up scholarly understanding of the ways in which policing reflected, sustained, embodied and indeed enforced ideas of masculinities in historic and modern contexts, and also considers how notions of masculinities were, and continue to be, interpreted through representations of the police in various forms of print and popular culture. The research covers the UK, Europe, Australia and America and explores police typologies in different international and institutional contexts, bringing together scholars using varied approaches, sources and interpretive frameworks. The text provides the basis for cross-continent and typological comparisons and inter-disciplinary exchange between history and criminology. A History of Police and Masculinitiesaddresses an under-researched area of history inquiry, providing the first in-depth study into how gender ideologies have shaped law enforcement/civic governance under #xE2;#xAC;#xDC;old#xE2;#xAC;" and #xE2;#xAC;#xDC;new#xE2;#xAC;" police models, tracing links, continuities, and changes between them. This book will be fascinating reading for academics, students and those in interested in gender, culture, police and criminal justice history.