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Behind her badge : a woman's journey into and out of law enforcement / Ann Marie Dennis.

by Dennis, Ann Marie, author.

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Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2023]

Dennis, Ann Marie.

Policewomen -- United States.

Policewomen -- United States -- Biography.

Police administration -- United States.

Law enforcement.

9781538173442 (hardcover)

1538173441 (hardcover)

xii, 213 pages, 5 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

Whores, lollipops, and Rosie -- Love is stronger than DNA -- Being duped -- L.A.C.S.T.A.B. -- A false shield -- Cockroaches and commendations -- The good, the bad, and worse -- Pawn shops and pyramids -- The urban curse -- The inmate lover returns to Baldwin Road -- Big Tina -- Enlightenment.

"I've been called a badass cop throughout my career but the truth is that isn't the real me--at least, not how I've ever viewed myself. Behind that veneer there has always been an insecure little girl who struggled to find her way in life. I was in search of strength and self-confidence when I entered my law enforcement career, but I ended up suffering new traumas that I was ill prepared to cope with. I struggled to find success in the tough, gritty, male dominated world of policing. I faced biases, repeated layoffs, and became a seasoned undercover officer working as a prostitute, drug addict, and thief. I left law enforcement and returned to college, where education and research offered me enlightenment to the realities of policing that I was too submerged into the subculture to see. I was forced to come to grips with many mistakes and misconceptions I made while working as a police officer, and only now do I understand how institutional biases are currently perpetuating many of the same mistakes I made in my policing career."-- Publisher.

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