Lai Quinlan Police Diversity

Beyond the Blue
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-4473-4798-9
Verlag: Policy Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 306 Seiten

Tensions between police and diverse communities in both the US and UK require innovation about ways to improve relations. While police diversity is often discussed as a potential solution, these discussions lack theoretical and empirical support.

This volume presents an original discussion of race, gender, sexual orientation and class diversity and shows that police diversity can have meaningful impacts on the decision-making, outcomes and legitimacy of police forces.

Drawing on theoretical and empirical research including interviews with diverse police leaders, this book examines how police diversity can help shift traditional policing cultures. It also considers obstacles to police reform, revealing how championing meaningful diversity can positively impact the lives of policed communities.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lai Quinlan, Tara

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Verwaltungsrecht Verwaltungspraxis Polizei
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Understanding and Defining Police Diversity

2. Police Culture

3. Police Legitimacy, Culture and Representativeness

4. Racial and Ethnic Minorities in Policing

5. Women in Policing

6. LGBTQ+ Officers in Policing

7. Social Class in Policing

8. Diversity and Representative Bureaucracy

9. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Tara Lai Quinlan is a qualified lawyer and Associate Professor in Law and Criminal Justice at Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham.