Gender Discrimination and Regulatory Behaviour: An Exploratory Study in Policing

Prenzler, Tim

doi:10.1350/ijps.6.3.171.39134

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“…A stream of research worldwide has brought improved understanding about the roles assigned to women officers and the ways in which women are treated and evaluated by their male colleagues and supervisors (Balkin, 1988;Belknap & Shelley, 1993;Brown, 1998;Dodge, Valcore, & Gomez, 2011;Harrington & Lonsway, 2004;Heidenshohn, 1992;Kakkar, 2002;Lord, 1986;C. A. Martin, 1996; S. E. Martin, 1990;Morash & Haarr, 1995;Prenzler, 2004;Segrave, 1995;Southgate, 1981;Sun & Chu, 2008;Westmarland, 2001). Studies have also shown how the negative attitudes of male officers have been an impediment to the successful recruitment, deployment and performance of female officers (Hunt, 1990;S.…”

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Police Culture and the Integration of Women Officers in India

Natarajan¹

2014

International Journal of Police Science & Management

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Broad social changes in developing countries such as India have resulted in the increased representation of women officers. The philosophy governing their integration into the police is that they should be treated equally to men and they should be provided with the same opportunities to undertake the same tasks. The influx of new cohorts of women into the police in recent years in India, resulting from its 1997 labour law legislation which required that 33 per cent of new hires for government organisations be women, provides the opportunity to examine how well women have been integrated into performing police tasks, how contented they are with their roles, how their male counterparts judge their performance and whether they accept women as equal partners. Using a survey questionnaire and an unstructured interview schedule, this study gathered data in 2010 from 222 men and 218 women police constables with 13 years or less service in the Tamil Nadu Police. The main finding of the study is that, in spite of the increased representation of women in the police force and their broad exposure to a wide range of duties, they are still negatively perceived by their male counterparts. This negative perception seems to have been internalised by women, many of whom reported that they prefer a traditional policing role. These findings suggest that the police should re-evaluate their gender integration policies, perhaps to include more gender-sensitive allocation of duties.

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Police Culture and the Integration of Women Officers in India

Natarajan¹

2014

International Journal of Police Science & Management

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Trends in Police Research: A Cross‐Sectional Analysis of the 2004 Literature

Varriale¹,

Gibbs²,

Ahlin³

et al. 2007

Police Practice and Research

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This review represents the fifth in an annual special feature in Police Practice and Research: An International Journal. It provides a cross-sectional analysis of the police literature for 2004, with a focus on the substantive categories, publication medium, and methodological typology of such literature. This paper also comments on reviews of years past, using the findings of Beckman, Lum, Wykoff, & Larsen-Vanderwall (2003) as a basis for the discussion of the patterns of the aforementioned characteristics over time. A topically organized bibliography of the 2004 police literature reviewed is provided.

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Trends in police research: a cross‐sectional analysis of the 2006 literature

Bartholomew

Gibbs

Mazeika

et al. 2009

Police Practice and Research

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This is the seventh review in an annual special feature in Police Practice and Research: An International Journal. Taking a cross-sectional view of the 2006 policing literature, the following analyses provide a focus on the substantive categories, publication medium, and methodological typology. We also comment on trends within these categories over time, using the findings from Beckman, Lum, Wyckoff, and LarsenVanderwall (2003) as a basis for the discussion of the patterns over time. A topically organized bibliography of the 2006 policing literature reviewed is also provided.

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Gender Discrimination and Regulatory Behaviour: An Exploratory Study in Policing

Abstract: Tim Prenzler is head of the School of Criminol

Cited by 5 publications

References 6 publications

Police Culture and the Integration of Women Officers in India

Police Culture and the Integration of Women Officers in India

Trends in Police Research: A Cross‐Sectional Analysis of the 2004 Literature

Trends in police research: a cross‐sectional analysis of the 2006 literature

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