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1
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Gender segregation within the

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Police

2
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Women Over-represented in what units?

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Domestic violence

Family protection

3
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Female officers concentrated in…

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‘Welfare’ based work to some degree

4
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Idea that ‘driving, shooting and fighting’ remain

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Male dominated

5
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WESTMAARLAND 2001 argues that there has been

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Some change

6
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Linked to attitudes that women were

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‘Unsuited’ for some policing tasks e.g. far fewer in specialist units such as firearms

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Differential deployment demonstrated the existing…

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Discrimination attitudes