Australasian Council of Women and Policing

For Women Entering the Policing Profession

Fitting in or Standing Out? Surviving your first years - A guide for women entering the policing profession

If you are thinking about joining a police service - then this book is for for you. It tells you all about recruitment, training and life on the street, and provides advice on career advancement. The lively quotations and career profiles of a range of currently serving police women, cover the advantages, the pitfalls and the job satisfactions of a career that women are entering in increasing numbers.

With witty but gritty cartoons by Paul Hartigan, Fitting in or Standing out? provides a realistic, but positive perspective on what to expect when you join a police service in Australia.

Fitting in or Standing Out? is available free of charge. To obtain a copy, please send a stamped, self-addressed A4 size envelope to: Publications, ACWAP, PO Box 3994, Manuka, ACT, 2603.

About the authors

Fitting in or Standing out? was produced by the Australasian Council of Women and Policing to help women who are thinking of joining policing or who have already joined policing. It was funded with a grant from the Office of the Status of Women and is available free of charge.