A pesquisa constituiu-se na investigação das percepções de delegados e delegadas da Polícia Civil acerca da mulher policial, analisando os fatores que permeiam as relações de gênero dentro de uma instituição tradicionalmente masculina. Esferas sociais que comprometem os papéis masculinos e femininos como a Polícia Civil oferecem resistência ao ingresso de mulheres, pois são incompatíveis com os papéis socialmente construídos às mulheres. Muitos conflitos de gênero existem dentro da instituição policial, contudo há uma valorização crescente das diferenças e uma abertura de maior espaço para as mulheres. A efetiva participação das mulheres aponta para a possibilidade de surgimento de práticas mais democráticas marcadas pela maior convivência entre os gêneros. O reconhecimento e a valorização das diferenças de gênero dentro da polícia se constituem a partir das habilidades diferenciadas e estabelecem novas formas de ser mulher e de se construir relações de gênero no mundo contemporâneo. / The research is based on the investigation of perceptions of the chief police of both genders from a police station that protects women, analyzing the fact that allows that relationship between genders inside an institution usually dominated by males. The social’s levels that compromise the function s of women and men as the women inclusion, because they are incompatible with the women’s social function. There are many problems between genders in the police institution, but still there’s as increasing worth ship of odds and a bigger opening for women points to the opportunities of democratic exercises marked by the better relation between genders. The acceptation and respect of the differences between gender in the police are built by the skills and establishing new ways to be women and built relation ship of gender in the modern world.

Studies on the career paths of municipal police officers have revealed an emergence of four distinct phases which officers pass through during their professional careers, phases where the perception of their profession changes. These phases are more constant at the patrol officer level where most officers begin and finish their career. Among these four phases is the disillusion phase (between 6 and 13 years), where the expectations at work are not met. The perception of the police administration, the public and the criminal justice system, all become negative and the hope for promotions diminish. These studies were mainly conducted in a period where there were very few or no women in policing. Through a feminist perspective and a social constructionist theoretical framework, this thesis makes the hypothesis that because women have different expectations at work, a varying work/life balance and a contrasting aspiration to attain positions of power, women will live this second phase differently. To explore this hypothesis, data was collected from ten semi-structured interviews with female patrol officers having worked between 6 and 13 years in municipal police departments. A discourse analysis effectively shows significant differences for the reasons underlying our hypotheses. Even if they have some frustrations about certain aspects of their work, we did not see any disillusionment from any women in this phase.

A pesquisa constituiu-se na investigação das percepções de delegados e delegadas da Polícia Civil acerca da mulher policial, analisando os fatores que permeiam as relações de gênero dentro de uma instituição tradicionalmente masculina. Esferas sociais que comprometem os papéis masculinos e femininos como a Polícia Civil oferecem resistência ao ingresso de mulheres, pois são incompatíveis com os papéis socialmente construídos às mulheres. Muitos conflitos de gênero existem dentro da instituição policial, contudo há uma valorização crescente das diferenças e uma abertura de maior espaço para as mulheres. A efetiva participação das mulheres aponta para a possibilidade de surgimento de práticas mais democráticas marcadas pela maior convivência entre os gêneros. O reconhecimento e a valorização das diferenças de gênero dentro da polícia se constituem a partir das habilidades diferenciadas e estabelecem novas formas de ser mulher e de se construir relações de gênero no mundo contemporâneo. / The research is based on the investigation of perceptions of the chief police of both genders from a police station that protects women, analyzing the fact that allows that relationship between genders inside an institution usually dominated by males. The social’s levels that compromise the function s of women and men as the women inclusion, because they are incompatible with the women’s social function. There are many problems between genders in the police institution, but still there’s as increasing worth ship of odds and a bigger opening for women points to the opportunities of democratic exercises marked by the better relation between genders. The acceptation and respect of the differences between gender in the police are built by the skills and establishing new ways to be women and built relation ship of gender in the modern world.

A pesquisa constituiu-se na investigação das percepções de delegados e delegadas da Polícia Civil acerca da mulher policial, analisando os fatores que permeiam as relações de gênero dentro de uma instituição tradicionalmente masculina. Esferas sociais que comprometem os papéis masculinos e femininos como a Polícia Civil oferecem resistência ao ingresso de mulheres, pois são incompatíveis com os papéis socialmente construídos às mulheres. Muitos conflitos de gênero existem dentro da instituição policial, contudo há uma valorização crescente das diferenças e uma abertura de maior espaço para as mulheres. A efetiva participação das mulheres aponta para a possibilidade de surgimento de práticas mais democráticas marcadas pela maior convivência entre os gêneros. O reconhecimento e a valorização das diferenças de gênero dentro da polícia se constituem a partir das habilidades diferenciadas e estabelecem novas formas de ser mulher e de se construir relações de gênero no mundo contemporâneo. / The research is based on the investigation of perceptions of the chief police of both genders from a police station that protects women, analyzing the fact that allows that relationship between genders inside an institution usually dominated by males. The social’s levels that compromise the function s of women and men as the women inclusion, because they are incompatible with the women’s social function. There are many problems between genders in the police institution, but still there’s as increasing worth ship of odds and a bigger opening for women points to the opportunities of democratic exercises marked by the better relation between genders. The acceptation and respect of the differences between gender in the police are built by the skills and establishing new ways to be women and built relation ship of gender in the modern world.

Studies on the career paths of municipal police officers have revealed an emergence of four distinct phases which officers pass through during their professional careers, phases where the perception of their profession changes. These phases are more constant at the patrol officer level where most officers begin and finish their career. Among these four phases is the disillusion phase (between 6 and 13 years), where the expectations at work are not met. The perception of the police administration, the public and the criminal justice system, all become negative and the hope for promotions diminish. These studies were mainly conducted in a period where there were very few or no women in policing. Through a feminist perspective and a social constructionist theoretical framework, this thesis makes the hypothesis that because women have different expectations at work, a varying work/life balance and a contrasting aspiration to attain positions of power, women will live this second phase differently. To explore this hypothesis, data was collected from ten semi-structured interviews with female patrol officers having worked between 6 and 13 years in municipal police departments. A discourse analysis effectively shows significant differences for the reasons underlying our hypotheses. Even if they have some frustrations about certain aspects of their work, we did not see any disillusionment from any women in this phase.