Women in International Policing: Replacing an “Old Boys Club”?

Authors

  • Saskia Hufnagel
  • Maira Hassan

Keywords:

international police cooperation, women in policing, Interpol, peacekeeping

Abstract

Globalisation has increased the importance of international police cooperation. While cross-border law enforcement can be traced back as far as the Nineteenth Century, police cooperation today—such as Joint Investigation Teams, International Liaison Officers, and Interpol—only came about in the Twentieth Century. It was developed to counter transnational organised crime, such as drug crime and immigration crime, as well as terrorism. But, another aspect of international policing is that of peacekeeping; that is, the deployment of national police to countries during or after conflict to maintain law and order where the local police do not have sufficient capacities. This paper examines how women have been elevated in this police cooperation role, particularly Interpol and international peacekeeping. The discussion focusses on whether there are indications that internationally related tasks and agencies provide a more accepting environment for female police officers as opposed to a national police force setting.

Author Biographies

  • Saskia Hufnagel

    Dr Saskia Hufnagel is a Senior Lecturer in Criminal Law at Queen Mary University London. She previously worked as a Research Fellow at the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security (CEPS), Griffith University, Australia, and was a Leverhulme Fellow at the University of Leeds. She completed her PhD at the Australian National University’s College of Law, while holding a permanent teaching position at the University of Canberra. She has published on national and international police cooperation, security, comparative constitutional law, and art crime. Dr Hufnagel is a qualified German legal professional and accredited specialist in criminal law.

  • Maira Hassan

    Maira Hassan obtained her LLB (Hons) from Queen Mary University of London and completed her undergraduate degree in Media, Information and Technoculture (MIT) and French literature at the University of Western Ontario. She is currently an LLM candidate at Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia and the recipient of the Allard Scholar Graduate Fellowship. Her present graduate research is on Women in Canadian Peacekeeping, but she is furthermore publishing in the area of extraterritorial policing.

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Published

2023-02-03

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2018)

Section

Critical Essays

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Women in International Policing: Replacing an “Old Boys Club”?. (2023). Salus Journal, 6(1), 63-79. https://journals.csu.domains/index.php/salusjournal/article/view/83