The real prime suspect: from the beat to the screen : my life as a female detective

"Jackie Malton was a no-nonsense girl from Leicestershire who joined the police force in the 1970s when women were kept apart from the men. Feisty and determined, Jackie worked in CID and the famous flying squad before rising to become one of only three female detective chief inspectors in the...

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Main Author: Malton, Jackie (Author)
Contributors: Mulholland, Hélène
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: London Endeavour 2022
In:Year: 2022
Online Access: Table of Contents
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Keywords:
Autobiographies
Biographies
England - London
London > Metropolitan Police Service > Polizeibeamtin > Kriminalbeamtin > Geschlechterrolle > Lesbische Orientierung > Homophobie
Malton, Jackie
Police
Police > England > London > Biography
Policewomen
Policewomen > England > London > Biography
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Summary:"Jackie Malton was a no-nonsense girl from Leicestershire who joined the police force in the 1970s when women were kept apart from the men. Feisty and determined, Jackie worked in CID and the famous flying squad before rising to become one of only three female detective chief inspectors in the Metropolitan Police. In The Real Prime Suspect, Malton describes the struggles she faced as a gay woman in the Metropolitan Police, where sexism and homophobia were rife. Jackie dealt with rapists, wife beaters, murderers, blackmailers and armed robbers but it was tackling the corruption in her own station that proved the most challenging. Ostracised and harassed by fellow officers furious that she reported the illegality of some colleagues, Malton used alcohol to curb her anxiety. A chance meeting with writer Lynda La Plante five years later changed the course of her life. Together they worked on shaping Jane Tennison, one of TV's most famous police characters, in the ground-breaking series Prime Suspect. Not long after, Malton recovered from alcoholism and now works as an AA volunteer in prison and as a TV consultant. Jackie has spent her life working in crime. Now she's ready to share her story"--Publisher's description
Physical Description:xii, 302 Seiten 24 cm
ISBN:9781913068974
9781804190142