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  2. Women in policing in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Crime Control Act created the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA) that worked to expand programs on criminal justice/law enforcement at grantee universities, part of a push towards professionalization of the field. Soon after, a 1973 edition of the Crime Control Act was passed, mandating that any educational institution that ...

  3. Timeline of women's legal rights in the United States (other ...

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    People v. Pointer is a criminal law case from the California Court of Appeal, First District, where the trial judge included in his sentencing a prohibition on the defendant becoming pregnant during her period of probation. [252] The appellate court held that such a prohibition was outside the bounds of a judge's sentencing authority.

  4. Women in law enforcement - Wikipedia

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    Women traditionally worked in juvenile facilities, handled crimes involving female offenders, or performed clerical tasks. In these early days, women were not considered as capable as men in law enforcement. Recently, many options have opened up, creating new possible careers. State of Israel police men and women Female law enforcement officers ...

  5. Top women law enforcement leaders talk rising crime ... - AOL

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    Two of the top law enforcement leadership roles in the country are now held by women. New York Police Department Commissioner Keechant Sewell and newly appointed Secret Service Director Kimberly ...

  6. The Super Predators - The Huffington Post

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    He went on to lead one of the country’s first specialized investigative units for family violence. By the passage of the 1994 Violence Against Women Act, which poured more than $1 billion into shelters and law enforcement training, the U.S. was finally starting to treat domestic violence as a crime.

  7. NPS pledges to hire more female law enforcement rangers ... - AOL

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    The National Park Service signed a pledge, along with agencies like the U.S. Secret Service, to increase women in law enforcement to 30% by 2030.

  8. APD and FBI use genealogy to ID women's remains from ... - AOL

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    Law enforcement is looking for information on those responsible for their deaths, Atkins said. On Jan. 24, 1994, the skeletal remains of a woman were found along Interstate 40 by crews cleaning up ...

  9. Violence against women in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Research shows that most victims of police sexual assault and harassment were women, who in many cases were weak to an officer's authority, such as arrestees, confidential informants, incarcerated people, sex workers, and police investigators (young people who were interested in a career in law enforcement). [60] [61]