| Women's Police Stations: Gender, Violence, and Justice in Sao Paulo, Brazil 2005 Edition Contributor(s): Loparo, Kenneth A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312240422 ISBN-13: 9780312240424 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $47.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2005 Annotation: "Women's Police Stations "examines the changing and complex relationship between women and the state, and the construction of gendered citizenship. 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 300 women's police stations throughout Brazil. Cecilia MacDowell Santos examines the importance of this phenomenon in book form for the first time, looking at the dynamics of the relationship between women and the state as a consequence of a political regime as well as other factors, and exploring the notion of gendered citizenship. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - Political Science | Law Enforcement - Social Science | Criminology |
| Dewey: 363.208 |
| LCCN: 2004049769 |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 6.56" W x 8.24" (0.64 lbs) 246 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 dynamics of the relationship between women and the state as a consequence of a political regime, and exploring the notion of gendered citizenship. |