Report warns ‘structural and cultural barriers’ still prevent women from reaching full potential in policing

1st August 2023Sarah Gibbons, Contributing Editor, Policing Insight 3 Comments

A new study by researchers from the University of Portsmouth suggests that despite increases in the number of women being promoted to senior posts in policing, structural and cultural barriers mean that in many instances female officers continue to be ‘overlooked and undermined’ in relation to career progression, unless they ‘exhibit qualities which accord with the hegemonic masculine norms of policing’, as Policing Insight’s Sarah Gibbons reports.

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