'You can't bend down, can't breathe': Trousers, Gendered Embodiment and the Cultural Politics of Police Uniforms.
This article contributes to the growing literature on gendered challenges in policing by examining how uniform design—specifically standard-issue police trousers—impacts the embodied experiences of women officers and staff. Drawing on qualitative data from 88 participants across five police forces i...
| Publicado en: | British Journal of Criminology Vol. 66; no. 5; pp. 1070 - 1092 |
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Sep2026
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