Women in Policing
The first Australasian Women in Policing Conference - 1996
Papers from the Australasian Women Police Conference
Summary of recommendations arising from the first conference
Extracts from The Whip, December 1996, describe the Conference.
The first conference of Australasian Women Police was held in Sydney from Monday 29 July to Wednesday 31 July 1996. What an exciting event for those who were fortunate enough to attend.
Congratulations to the movers who made it happen and to the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) who had carriage of it. Particular credit should go to Melinda Tynan, Helen McDermott and Jill Bruce for their vision and tenacity in making it happen!
Over 300 participants attended from all the states and territories for Australia, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, England, United States of America, Indonesia, Fiji, and Pakistan. New Zealand was especially well represented, with more than twenty Kiwis attending, many making the trip at their own expense. To his great credit, NZ Commissioner Peter Doone on the final day of the conference offered to cover the expenses of those Kiwis who had attended at their own cost. New friendships were formed people networked with colleagues and other jurisdictions and strategies for overcoming policing problems were discussed. As well, participants shared the positive aspects of the policing occupation.
This edition of The Whip will highlight details from some of the papers presented. It has been prepared by Jill Bolen and Janet Ramsay. We hope that this snapshot of the Conference gives those who did not attend some insight into the agenda. For those who did attend we hope it will keep the fire burning. Most papers were available at the time of the conference, but in 1997 the AIC will be publishing a book of selected papers from the Conference.