@article{321894,
      recid = {321894},
      author = {Schulz, Dorothy Moses.},
      title = {Breaking the brass ceiling : women police chiefs and their  paths to the top /},
      publisher = {Praeger Publishers,},
      address = {Westport, Conn. :},
      pages = {xv, 241 p. ;},
      year = {2004},
      abstract = {Constituting fewer than 15% of the nation's police  officers, women have found it especially difficult to rise  through the ranks and achieve higher posts. Here, those few  women who have made it to the top -- about 1% of the chiefs  and sheriffs in American policing -- share their stories  and describe the challenges they faced as they rose to  their positions. Each of the chiefs competed for their  offices with other candidates, almost always male. The  sheriffs -- virtually all elected officials--faced other  challenges and came under even closer scrutiny. While few  in number, these "top cops" illustrate the emergence of  women as more than token leaders of American sheriff and  police departments. They are unique groundbreakers who have  managed to breach the brass ceiling.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/321894},
}