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Women Police in a Traditional Society: Test of a Western Model of Integration ¤ MANGAI NATARAJAN ABSTRACT It has been argued that policewomen in traditional societies do not aspire to being fully integrated into mainstream policing, but may prefer a more restricted and segregated role. This thesis is examined in the context of policing in Tamil Nadu, a state of India. The present study uses data gathered through interviews and a standardized questionnaire, and focuses on the preferences expressed by women of cers about roles and styles of policing. These preferences are compared with those of women interviewed in earlier research in India and other countries. It is concluded that, while progress to full integration in traditional societies may be slower, it seems to follow the same sequence of stages found in Western societies. Introduction W OMEN POLICE are now to be found in many countries and regions of the world, but they still comprise only a small minority of serving of cers (Heidensohn ¤ Direct correspondence to Professor Mangai Natarajan, Department of Sociology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 899 Tenth Avenue, New York, NY 10019, USA. This research was primarily supported by a grant from the
International Journal of Comparative Sociology (in 2002 continued as Comparative Sociology) – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2001
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