Women’s police stations are a distinctive innovation that emerged in postcolonial nations of the global south in the second half of the twentieth century to address violence against women. This article presents the results of a world-first study of the unique way that these stations, called Comisaria de la Mujer, prevent gender-based violence in the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina.1 One in five police stations in this Province was established with a mandate of preventing gender violence. Little is currently known about how this distinctive multidisciplinary model of policing (which includes social workers, lawyers, psychologists and police) widens access to justice to prevent gender violence. This article compares the model’s virtues and limitations to traditional policing models. We conclude that specialised women’s police stations in the postcolonial societies of the global south increase access to justice, empower women to liberate themselves from the subjection of domestic violence and prevent gender violence by challenging patriarchal norms that sustain it. As a by-product, these women’s police stations also offer women in the global south a career in law enforcement—one that is based on a gender perspective. The study is framed by southern criminology, which reverses the notion that ideas, policies and theories can only travel from the anglophone world of the global north to the global south.

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妇女警察局如何赋予妇女权力、扩大司法救助和防止性别暴力

妇女警察局是 20 世纪下半叶在全球南方的后殖民国家出现的一项独特创新，旨在解决对妇女的暴力行为。本文介绍了世界上首次对这些名为 Comisaria de la Mujer 的警察局在阿根廷布宜诺斯艾利斯省防止性别暴力的独特方式进行的研究的结果。 该省有五分之一的警察局成立以防止性别暴力为使命。目前人们对这种独特的多学科警务模式（包括社会工作者、律师、心理学家和警察）如何扩大司法救助以防止性别暴力知之甚少。本文比较了该模型与传统警务模型的优点和局限性。我们的结论是，全球南方后殖民社会中的专门妇女警察局增加了诉诸司法的机会，赋予妇女权力，使她们能够摆脱家庭暴力，并通过挑战支持家庭暴力的父权制规范来防止性别暴力。作为副产品，这些女性警察局还为全球南方的女性提供了执法职业——一种基于性别观点的职业。该研究以南方犯罪学为框架，颠覆了思想、政策和理论只能从全球北方的英语世界传播到全球南方的观念。作为副产品，这些女性警察局还为全球南方的女性提供了执法职业——一种基于性别观点的职业。该研究以南方犯罪学为框架，它扭转了思想、政策和理论只能从全球北方的英语世界传播到全球南方的观念。作为副产品，这些女性警察局还为全球南方的女性提供了执法职业——一种基于性别观点的职业。该研究以南方犯罪学为框架，颠覆了思想、政策和理论只能从全球北方的英语世界传播到全球南方的观念。