poor pay and lack of status, dimensions again associated with the encouragement of women to join the police. Gregory reports that in Hungary, for example, there are at least 1,200 unfilled posts out of 26,000 with the Government aiming to increase the numbers of police personnel by 20 per cent in 1996. It will be interesting to see if women become the target of this recruitment drive. Leonard et al (1993) report in the newly emerging Czech police, staff have been purged because of their past associations with the previous regime or have left for more lucrative jobs. Difficulties in recruitment as well as increased problems associated with prostitution again present circumstances which previously have heralded greater numbers of women officers. Attempts at reform include the issue of new uniforms aimed at conveying a civil rather than military image and which present a less aggressive visible presence than some of the private security guards. They also note circumstances that previously have been associated with the appointment of a greater number of women officers: illicit trade in women; exiting of staff either compromised by their involved in the previous regime or those in search of more lucrative jobs. It will be interesting to monitor the role of women police in the emerging reconstructed police forces in Eastern Europe. CONCLUSIONS Women from which ever jurisdiction found it difficult to gain admittance into policing and, once in, experience continued resistance from policemen. Researchers and commentators from whichever cultural tradition testify to the dominance of masculine values in policing and beliefs about its inherent unsuitability as a job for a woman. Data from the comparative survey provide some clues about points of difference between police women serving in different countries. Those in Eastern European countries appear to suffer less discrimination and harassment than their counterparts in continental Europe, the Br...
