Policing gendered violence: A study on women's police stations in Argentina

Abstract

This thesis is the first study on establishing and transforming Women's Police Stations (WPS) in Argentina and their impacts on policing gendered violence. It explores the opinions and representations of WPS employees regarding their practices, their links with social actors, and the cases in which they intervene. This research is a case study of WPS in Argentina that combines semi-structured interviews with 100 WPS' workers, participant observations in 10 WPS, and documentary data analysis. Within the framework of Southern and Feminist Criminology, this thesis addresses the scarcity of studies on policing gendered violence in the Global South.