Search On-Line Library: Crossing the Threshold: Female Officers and Police-Perpetrated Domestic Violence
Title:      Crossing the Threshold: Female Officers and Police-Perpetrated Domestic Violence
Authors:      Diane Wetendorf
ISBN-10(13):      ODVN
Publisher:      Diane Wetendorf, Inc.
Publication date:      2006
Language:      English
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This book examines how male police officers' institutional power within society and within the police ranks filters down into the intimate relationships of police officers, and why the institution has historically ignored or denied police-perpetrated violence against women.

Chapters include:

  • Historical, Social and Cultural Context
  • The Police Culture
  • Police Domestic Violence on the Radar
  • He's the "Victim"
  • Network of Power
  • Advocates in the Network
  • Crossing the Threshold
  • In Honor of Those Silenced