ABSTRACT

The number of civilian crime investigators (CIs) has been increasing among the police, a trend that is called civilianisation. However, conflicts have arisen from perceptions that civilian CIs undermine professional police efforts. The purpose of this study was to investigate the intersection of doing gender and professional identity in narratives on inclusion and/or exclusion in CIs’ professional practices. Because professional background and gender composition change with the civilianisation of the police, this study included interviews with 48 female CIs from Sweden. The study showed that aspects of belongingness and uniqueness interact in complex ways and conclude that the intersection of being a civilian CI and a woman is at the core, especially in narratives on exclusion. Taken together, this means that civilian CIs’ narratives are important to learn from and can help the police become aware of obstacles to and opportunities for civilian employees’ full participation in the criminal investigation practice. Aspects of belongingness and uniqueness are discussed to contribute knowledge of how gender and professional identity can be redone in a way that helps reduce future barriers to full inclusion of female and civilian CIs in police work.

摘要

警察中民事犯罪调查员（CI）的数量一直在增加，这种趋势被称为平民化。然而，由于人们认为民间犯罪分子破坏了专业警察的工作，因此产生了冲突。本研究的目的是调查在孔子学院专业实践中包容和/或排斥的叙述中性别和职业身份的交叉点。由于专业背景和性别构成随着警察的文职化而发生变化，本研究纳入了对来自瑞典的 48 名女性刑警的访谈。该研究表明，归属感和独特性以复杂的方式相互作用，并得出结论，平民公民和女性的交集是核心，特别是在关于排斥的叙述中。综合起来，这意味着文职刑事调查员的叙述很重要，可以帮助警方了解文职雇员充分参与刑事调查实践的障碍和机会。对归属感和独特性方面进行了讨论，以贡献关于如何重新塑造性别和职业身份的知识，从而有助于减少未来女性和文职警察全面融入警察工作的障碍。