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Women make up 12.6% of all U.S. sworn police officers in 2018. [1] Employed largely as prison matrons in the 19th century, women took on more and increasingly diverse roles in the latter half of the 20th century.
According to data from February 2012, women made up 13456 out of 97834 police officers, and 17495 women work in the police as civilian staff. [22]
In England and Wales, 31.2% (40,319) of police officers were female on 31 March 2020. Previously, policewomen made up 28.6% in March 2016, [2] and 23.3% in 2007. [2] Women also make up a majority of the non-sworn police staff. Notable women in British police forces include Cressida Dick, the former commissioner (chief) of the Metropolitan ...
In 2022, there were 1 522 106 police officers, 81 567 professional judges and 260 611 employees in adult prisons per 100 000 inhabitants in the EU. The proportion of women as police officers, judges and prison personnel in the EU has generally increased since 2012, as shown in Figure 1.
1 cze 2013 · Data on the proportion of female officers were available from 18 of 23 locations, with a range between 5.1% and 28.8%. Recruit numbers were available for six locations, and ranged between 26.6% and 37.0%. Limited data on rank and deployment indicated overall improvements.
In 2009, the United Nations launched an effort to increase the number of female police officers deployed with the United Nations. As a result, the number of female officers increased...
The International Association of Women Police (IAWP) is a global organization for women police officers and women in other criminal justice roles. Our mission is to strengthen, unite and raise the capacity of women police around the world. We represent the interests of policewomen internationally.
