زنان پليس؛ نخستين قرن حضور آنها و دوران جديد

Policewomen: First Century of Presence and the New Age

The present article deals with the history of the presence of policewomen in the police departments of the United States of America, and examines their role and activities in the police occupations. The article describes the role and presence of the policewomen as “limited and trivial” in the wake of the strong and weak points, problems and hindrances, and future of the policewomen on the basis of the existing statistics and figures, and points to the advantages of the presence of women in the police activities both qualitatively and quantitatively through criticizing the function of the police departments in America. An increase in the number of women in the police departments has caused their further and extensive presence in the society and from qualitative point of view too, it has built further trust of female victims of the society in the policewomen, thus leading to their cooperation and calling for help from the police in critical conditions. Minimum use of violence and the outstanding role of the policewomen in the face of the familial violence and solution of the problems have been mentioned as other advantages of the women presence in the police activities. The article also attaches importance to the media and associations at regional, national and international levels and their role in the further involvement of women in the police activities. The associations in terms of theory and practice are considered as supportive institutions and they are among the important supportive factors which back the rights of the policewomen in the United States of America. Expansion of the policewomen networks along with the specialized associations and institutes with the purpose of supporting them would also pave the way for their massive presence in the police activities. Peter Horne describes discriminations and sexual abuse as well as the low salary of the policewomen as the reasons for their decreased presence and activities in the higher ranks of the police departments. Meanwhile, he draws promising prospects for the policewomen which indeed are sometimes accompanied with some doubts and a slow growth