The real prime suspect : from the beat to the screen : my life as a female detective /
by Malton, Jackie; Mulholland, Helene.
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BookPublisher: London : Endeavour, 2022Description: 416 pages ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781913068974 (hbk.) :; 1913068978 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 920 MALSubject(s): Malton, Jackie | Policewomen -- England -- London -- Biography | Police -- England -- London -- Biography | Biography | Biography | Biography & non-fiction prose | Memoirs | True crime | Police & security services | Crime & criminologySummary: Jackie Malton was a no-nonsense girl from Leicestershire who joined the police force in the 1970s when women were kept apart from the men. Feisty and determined, Jackie worked in CID and the famous flying squad before rising to become one of only three female detective chief inspectors in the Metropolitan Police. In 'The Real Prime Suspect', Malton describes the struggles she faced as a gay woman in the Metropolitan Police, where sexism and homophobia were rife. Jackie dealt with rapists, wife beaters, murderers, blackmailers and armed robbers but it was tackling the corruption in her own station that proved the most challenging.
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Jackie Malton was a no-nonsense girl from Leicestershire who joined the police force in the 1970s when women were kept apart from the men. Feisty and determined, Jackie worked in CID and the famous flying squad before rising to become one of only three female detective chief inspectors in the Metropolitan Police. In 'The Real Prime Suspect', Malton describes the struggles she faced as a gay woman in the Metropolitan Police, where sexism and homophobia were rife. Jackie dealt with rapists, wife beaters, murderers, blackmailers and armed robbers but it was tackling the corruption in her own station that proved the most challenging.
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