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The Logic of Sexism Among Police

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ID5772899
AuthorsJennifer C Hunt (a Research Candidate at the Psychoanalytic Institute, Department of Psychiatry, New York University Medical Center, corresponding author)
Year1990
Volume1
Issue2
Pages3-30
Publication date1990-04-30
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueWomen & Criminal Justice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0897-4454 • E-ISSN: 1541-0323
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1300/j012v01n02_02
OpenAlexW2055607501
LanguageEN
Citations received68
References cited14

This research assumes an interpretive point of view to examine the underlying logic of sexist ideology among police. It is suggested that women police crystallize meanings of certain cultural oppositions in terms of gender categories. Female-male dichotomies become the basis for reading oppositions that are primarily organizational and these in turn are mediated by higher level meanings and unconscious fantasies about men and women. Men's sexist attitudes and behaviors towards policewomen are examined in terms of these historically specific and situationally derived cultural and unconscious meanings

Dichotomy · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Policing Practices and Perceptions · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses

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Unique citing works68
Citations per year2,06
Citation span1993 - 2026 (34)
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