About the Book: Women In Police In India : A Journey From Periphery To Core
The police in the contemporary society are the most visible part of the
bureaucracy symbolizing authority, stability and order. Policing is one of the
worlds most masculinized occupations and the struggle for opening this masculine
domain to women has been long and hard. The factors responsible for such change
are better education, legal enactments, and changing socio-cultural values. The
philosophical root of this 'integrated model of policing is liberal feminism
which emphasize that women ought to be treated exactly the same as men and
perform all the mainstream police duties like