Women Police is the first in-depth historical study of women's involvement in uniform, plain-clothes and undercover policing in the UK. Topics covered include the regulation of prostitution, sexual violence, child abuse and neglect. T

Louise A. Jackson is Lecturer in Modern Social History in the School of History and Classics, University of Edinburgh

1. Introduction
2. Networks, structures and hierarchies
3. A respectable job for a woman?
4. Walking the beat
5. Going undercover
6. Policing the family: youth and welfare
7. Women, sexuality and the law
8. Beyond integration?
Bibliography
Index