Author: Lisa Hellriegel, Institut für Geschichtswissenschaft, Universität Bremen - Google Scholar

Extract: »Louise A. Jackson’s 2006 book on the history of female police officers in the UK has commented on their ambivalent position between welfare work and policing. Jackson has shown that the decision to recruit female police officers in the early twentieth century was influenced by the contemporary idea that victims of sexual assault should give their statements to women. According to her, the difference female police officers made was ‘structural rather than ideological’, as they operated on the basis of prejudices towards complainants of sexual violence that were similar to those of their male counterparts. Instead of discussing the practices of policewomen, however, my blog post focuses on the debates about the nature of their employment, as well as that of female doctors, and asks what these reveal about contemporary understandings of sexual violence and victimhood.« (Source: Blog)

Contents:

	An Everyday History of Sexual Violence
	Feminist Essentialization?
	Transnational Alliances
	Contrary Views on Policewomen
	The Role of Age
	Identity and Policing: An Unfinished Debate

Wikipedia: History of Europe: History of England | Law enforcement: Law enforcement in the United Kingdom / Women in policing in the United Kingdom | Sex and the law: Sexual assault