TY - BOOK AU - Schulz,Dorothy Moses TI - Breaking the brass ceiling: women police chiefs and their paths to the top SN - 0275981800 (alk. paper) AV - HV8139 .S33 2004 U1 - 363.2/092/273 22 PY - 2004/// CY - Westport, Conn. PB - Praeger Publishers KW - Women police chiefs KW - United States KW - Policewomen KW - Sex discrimination against women KW - Discrimination in law enforcement N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-229)and index; How it all began : what is a nice girl like you doing in a place like this? -- Women in non-traditional professions : law enforcement is big business -- The road to the chief's chair : early trailblazers and the long climb to the top -- Twists and turns on the road to the top : decisions and detours along the way -- One-agency chiefs : local girls break brass at home -- Family power brings political power : from sheriff's wife to sheriff -- Modern women sheriffs : getting elected on their own -- Big-city pioneers : the women who broke the bulletproof barriers -- Twenty-first century women : is the playing field finally level? -- Women police chiefs and sheriffs : a collective portrait UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0419/2004014775.html ER -