Format:
xiii, 246 p. S.
Edition:
1st ed
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
031224021X
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0312240422
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1403973415
Content:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-205) and index
Content:
Women's Police Stations examines the changing and complex relationship between women and the state, and the construction of gendered citizenship, using women's police stations in Sao Paulo. These are police stations run exclusively by police women for women with the authority to investigate crimes against women such as domestic violence, assault and rape. Sao Paulo was the home of the first such police station, and there are now more than 250 women's police stations throughout Brazil. Cecilia MacDowell Santos examines the importance of this phenomenon for the first time, looking at the dynamic
Note:
"Draws on original research for my Ph. D. dissertation"--Acknowledgments
,
Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-205) and index
,
Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Birth of the World's First Women's Police Station; 2 Engendering Policewomen's Interests and Identities; 3 Feminist Debates over the Meaning of Violence against Women; 4 Constructing Crimes and Engendering a Contradictory Citizenship; 5 Engendering Battered Women's Sense of Rights; Conclusion: Toward a More Inclusive and Grounded Feminist Approach to the State and Gendered Citizenship; References; Methodological Appendices; Notes; Index
,
Electronic reproduction Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780312240424
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Women's Police Stations : Gender, Violence, and Justice in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Language:
English
