Canadian Policing Research Catalogue

Location

Canadian Policing Research

Resource

e-Books

Alternate Title

L’établissement de bilans de l’égalité entre les sexes dans les organisations policières.

Authors

• Montgomery, Ruth, author.
• Canada. Status of Women Canada, issuing body.

Publishers

• [Ottawa, Ont.] : Status of Women Canada, 2012.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Description

1 online resource (43 pages)

Note

Cover title.
"Prepared for Status of Women Canada"--Cover.
"Date: March 2012"--Cover.
Issued also in French under title: L’établissement de bilans de l’égalité entre les sexes dans les organisations policières.

Summary

"This review of gender audits in policing organizations was commissioned to identify gender audits that have been conducted in police organizations, provide examples of gender audit frameworks and processes, and gauge how gender audits have contributed to building and enhancing gender responsiveness in police organizations. Three gender audit related areas were examined: internal/employment focused gender audits in policing, operational/service delivery focused gender audits in policing, gender audit guides for policing and non-policing environments. The bulk of police specific gender assessment and analysis related information identified focused on increasing the representation of women in policing, on reducing barriers to recruitment, retention, placement in specialized positions, and promotion. There was less information found on efforts to identify and overcome cultural barriers, and on developing gender sensitive operational policies and practices."--Executive Summary.

Subject

• Gender mainstreaming.
• Gender mainstreaming - Canada.
• Policewomen.
• Policewomen - Canada.

Contents

1. Project overview -- 2. Methodology -- 3. Definitions -- 4. Gender audits: purpose and value -- 5. Police gender audits -- 5.1. Best practice examples -- 5.1.1. Ontario Provincial Police -- 5.1.2. National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) and British Association of Women in Policing (BAWP) -- 5.1.3. Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF), Switzerland -- 6. Police gender audits: the Canadian experience -- 6.1. Gender sensitive practices: especially pertaining to violence against women -- 7. Gender audits focused on increasing women's representation in policing -- 7.1. Canada -- 7.1.1. Toronto Police Service -- 7.1.2. Atlantic Women in Law Enforcement and the Fredericton Police Force -- 7.1.3. RCMP E Division -- 7.1.4. RCMP K Division -- 7.1.5. Royal Newfoundland Constabulary -- 7.2. USA -- 7.2.1. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) -- 7.2.2. Madison Police Department, Wisconsin -- 7.2.3. Albuquerque Police Department, New Mexico -- 7.3. Australia -- 7.3.1. Victoria Police -- 7.4. United Kingdom -- 7.4.1. Surrey Police Diversity Directorate -- 8. Gender auditing tools -- 8.1. Gender assessment guides specific to policing -- 8.1.1. Organization for Safety and Security Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) -- 8.1.2. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) -- 8.1.3. United Nations Peacekeeping Police (UNPOL) -- 8.1.4. National Center for Women and Policing (NCWP) -- 8.2. Gender audit guides non-specific to policing -- 8.2.1. United Nations Development Program (UNDP) -- 8.2.2. UK Department for International Development (DFID) -- 8.2.3. International Labour Organization (ILO) -- 8.2.4. Status of Women Canada -- 8.2.5. Government of Scotland, Human Rights Commission -- 9. Concluding comments