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Synopsis This book is a comparative study of women police officers in India and United States of America. It further links women issues on a broader arena and talks about the power of womanhood in the wake of present scenario. This book is also about their courage and strength in the changing times. From 'Breaking barriers' to sharing their experiences, this book attempts to unravel many a mystery surrounding women's overall empowerment issues. This book is not just for women aspiring to join the law enforcement but also for women aiming for their stable entity in this rapidly changing world and keeping pace with it. Above all this book is all about balancing their roles within and outside their social and professional domain. The Author conveys her sincere regards to the readers for being to the readers for being a part of this wonderful journey of which she can only visualize a positive destiny. The highlights of the book are objectively divided into the contents of six relevant chapters. The Author's attempt is to classify the research into a combination of objective and subjective values. Chapter one: provides a theoretical understanding of women and work related issues that strengthen the necessity of women in policing and argues for value of female contri-bution in law enforcement and other related positions. Chapter two: Provides a socio-historical perspective and relevance of women policing in both settings. Chapter Three: Analyzing Facts, forms the core of Author's research comprising of methodology construction and analysis. Chapter Four: Towards the Amelioration of Pitfalls is based on more groundwork analysis on present trends in violence, socio-psychological barriers faced by women police officers. In addition this chapter compares the status of female police officers with women doctors and lawyers. This chapter also discusses strategies directed discuses strategies directed towards establishing a stable future of women policing. Chapter Five: is the conclusion and final analysis of my work. The highlights incl-ude recommendations for media, government, educational and social agencies along with suggestions for future research. Chapter Six: The most recent addition to this research. It consists of major works of eminent women police officers including Dr. Kiran Bedi in India and Sheriff Laurie Smith in the United States. The Author sincerely wishes that this journey continues and incorporated many more ideas and visions for its Further success.