RT Article
T1 Still the Exception?: Challenging Ideas of Gender in Norwegian Policing
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 62
IS 6
SP 1553
OP 1568
A1 Jon, Nina
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1838882731
AB This article is an empirical exploration of the role of gender in today’s Norwegian police force. For this study, 21 emergency response officers were interviewed as part of an investigation into the role played by gender in operational police work. This study indicates that changes towards a more gender-equal Norwegian society, combined with general developments within the police at a time when the number of women in the police force has increased considerably, have led to female operational police officers finding that their gender is not a problem. The findings challenge earlier models of theorising and conceptualisation, and point to the need to avoid perpetuating notions that may needlessly limit policewomen’s individual freedom and agency on account of their gender.
K1 Police Culture
K1 policewomen
K1 Gender
K1 Policing
DO 10.1093/bjc/azab108