This article is an empirical exploration of the role of gender in today’s Norwegian police force. For this study, 21 emergency response officers were interviewed as part of an investigation into the role played by gender in operational police work. This study indicates that changes towards a more gender-equal Norwegian society, combined with general developments within the police at a time when the number of women in the police force has increased considerably, have led to female operational police officers finding that their gender is not a problem. The findings challenge earlier models of theorising and conceptualisation, and point to the need to avoid perpetuating notions that may needlessly limit policewomen’s individual freedom and agency on account of their gender.

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还是例外？在挪威警务中挑战性别观念

本文是对性别在当今挪威警察部队中的作用的实证探索。在这项研究中，作为调查性别在警察行动中所起的作用的一部分，采访了 21 名应急响应官员。这项研究表明，挪威社会朝着更加性别平等的方向发生了变化，再加上在警察队伍中女性人数大幅增加的情况下，警察内部的总体发展，导致女性执法警察发现她们的性别不一个问题。这些发现挑战了早期的理论和概念化模型，并指出有必要避免因性别而不必要地限制女警的个人自由和能动性的观念。