Doing and undoing gender in policing

Theoretical Criminology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 425-446

  Chan, Janet ^a   Doran, Sally ^a   Marel, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

doing gender; gender difference; gender equality; gender identity; gender in policing

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650142788     PISSN: 13624806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362480610376408     Document Type: Article

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