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Santos, Cecilia MacDowell.

Women's Police Stations : Gender, Violence, and Justice in Sa~o Paulo, Brazil. - 1 online resource (250 pages)

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.

ISBN: 9781403973412

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Feminist criminology -- Brazil -- São Paulo.
Policewomen -- Brazil -- São Paulo.
Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Brazil -- São Paulo.
Women -- Violence against -- Brazil -- São Paulo.
Women's police stations -- Brazil -- São Paulo.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: GN562-GN564HM401-128

Dewey Class. No.: 305.42098161