8. Doing Gender

Doran, Sally; Chan, Janet

doi:10.3138/9781442674783-009

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“…In criminal justice, the pressures of organizational socialization may be so intense that female sheriffs and state attorneys feel that they must conform to the prevailing norms of their male colleagues (Cuadrado et al, 2012; Doran & Chan, 2003; Wong et al, 2023). This can lead women to feel that they must prove themselves to be more competent than their male colleagues by taking on dominant masculine attitudes (Bishu & Heckler, 2021), by adopting masculinity to negotiate in masculine public organizations, and performing masculine gender work to meet workplace expectations.…”

Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

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Feminine leadership and juvenile justice outcomes: The Florida experience

Jackson

Neshkova

Newman

2023

Public Administration Review

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In this paper, we ask whether female top law enforcement officials can steer justice provision on the ground. While prior research has documented that female street‐level bureaucrats advance the interests of their female clients, we know little about how female leaders influence the distribution of street‐level outcomes. This study draws on juvenile justice and inquires whether youth arrests and prosecutions vary as a function of the sheriff's and state attorney's sex. We expect counties and circuits led by female sheriffs and state attorneys to experience fewer youth arrests and prosecutions than those led by men, especially among female and minority offenders. Data from Florida's 67 counties between 2015 and 2020 reveal that women's leadership is associated with less severe outcomes for all young offenders, not just females. We also find that gender and feminine leadership theories hold more explanatory power in this context than representative bureaucracy and gendered organizational socialization.

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Feminine leadership and juvenile justice outcomes: The Florida experience

Jackson

Neshkova

Newman

2023

Public Administration Review

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“…In some countries, the bodily aspect of police habitus (see Bourdieu, 2010) is often quite visible and distinct. In Norway, it is considered an essential part of the police culture to stay fit because athletic bodies imply safety and control (Finstad, 2000: 219), to be fit is considered an important symbolic capital in the police (Doran and Chan, 2003;Lagestad, 2011). Although it is clearly a generalization, the Norwegian police are characterized by being fit, well proportioned and toned (Lander, 2016), perhaps, particularly young officers such as those interviewed for this project (Dahl and Svanaes, 2020).…”

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Riding shotgun – Front-seat research and the socio-material considerations of ethnography on the move

Dahl

Tjora

2021

Qualitative Research

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In this article, we explore methodological considerations of using the car as space for ethnographic research on police work. With a socio-material perspective, we are concerned about how the car’s particular materiality and mobility shapes social interaction that takes place within it. We argue that this affects the researcher role, and that the researcher’s spatial position in the car affects the researcher role further. The position’s impact on interaction is made evident when the researcher is ‘riding shotgun’, rather than being placed in the back seat. We argue that this front-seat role comes with increased reciprocity towards the driver/officer, demanding a more (inter) active research practice. Hence, the riding shotgun position potentially increases the empirical input with the closer interaction between the researched and the researcher. More generally, the case illustrates the very delicate considerations of researcher positioning within ethnography on the move.

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“…However, at least in some countries, the bodily aspect of police habitus (see Bourdieu, 2010) is often quite visible and distinct. In Norway, it is considered an essential part of the police culture to stay fit because athletic bodies imply safety and control (Finstad, 2000: 219), to be fit is considered an important symbolic capital in the police (Doran and Chan, 2003;Lagestad, 2011). Although it is clearly a generalization, the Norwegian police are characterized by being fit, well proportioned and toned (Lander, 2016), perhaps particularly young officers such as those I interviewed.…”

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Chameleonizing: A microsociological study of covert physical surveillance

Dahl

2020

European Journal of Criminology

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This study empirically explores covert physical surveillance conducted by the police and proposes the concept of chameleonizing in covert physical surveillance. Like the chameleon, police officers conducting covert physical surveillance must blend into and mirror their surroundings by adapting their appearance, in terms of both looks and behaviour, to resemble the people in the vicinity to prevent detection. Thus, police officers conducting covert physical surveillance must be able to read their surroundings and have great knowledge about social interactions. Accordingly, this exploration of an extraordinary phenomenon, covert physical surveillance, sheds light on something very ordinary: that is, social interactions in everyday life. Furthermore, the concept of the chameleon gaze is proposed and discussed, because physical surveillance depends on a multifaceted gaze enabling observation from different angles.

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8. Doing Gender

Cited by 8 publications

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Feminine leadership and juvenile justice outcomes: The Florida experience

Feminine leadership and juvenile justice outcomes: The Florida experience

Riding shotgun – Front-seat research and the socio-material considerations of ethnography on the move

Chameleonizing: A microsociological study of covert physical surveillance

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