Gendered institutions and gender roles: understanding the experiences of women in policing

Shelley, Tara O’Connor; Morabito, Melissa S.; Tobin-Gurley, Jennifer

doi:10.1080/1478601x.2011.625698

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“…Guajardo, 2015bGuajardo, & 2015c. These findings are consistent with prior studies which have found that minority men and women have made marginal progress with respect to entering into policing and subsequently ascending to supervisor and command positions (e.g., Bolton, 2003;Franklin, 2005;Martin, 1991Martin, , 2004Polisar & Milgram, 1996;Raganella & White, 2004;Riccucci & Saldivar, 2014;Schroedel et al, 1996;Shelly et al, 2011;Stokes & Scott, 1996;Townsey, 1982;Warner et al, 1989;Zhao, Herbst, & Lovrich, 2001). Since few studies on ethnic and gender integration into policing have utilized diversity indices to assess the overall level of workforce heterogeneity in police and civilian positions, the extent to which police agencies are diverse in terms of ethnicity and gender is not fully known (Guajardo, 2014a(Guajardo, , 2014b(Guajardo, , & 2015a.…”

Section: Recent Research On Ethnic and Gender Integration And Diversisupporting

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Ethnic diversity in policing: An application of quantile regression to the New York City Police Department

Guajardo

2016

Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice

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This study expanded on the use of Simpson's diversity index (D = 1 -∑p 2 ) to measure ethnic heterogeneity in policing and other criminal justice-related agencies. The index was applied to the police and civilian workforces of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) by using employment data for January 2015. Concomitantly, quantile regression was used to supplement the Tobit regression and to illustrate its ability to assess the effects of organization-based variables across the conditional distribution of the diversity scores. The quantile regression analysis found that ethnic diversity in the NYPD is affected differently by the type of workforce, the type of police and civilian positions, and by the number of employees in the police and civilian job titles and classifications. Statistically, the quantile regression detected significant relationships at various points of the conditional distribution while the Tobit regression analysis produced mixed results for the three models that were tested.

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Section: Recent Research On Ethnic and Gender Integration And Diversisupporting

confidence: 91%

Ethnic diversity in policing: An application of quantile regression to the New York City Police Department

Guajardo

2016

Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice

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“…Thompson, Kirk and Brown (2006) found that interpersonal stressors and lack of support, contributed significantly to stress levels. Haarr (1997) and Shelley, Morabito & Tobin-Gurley (2011) reported that women felt that men officers questioned their abilities to do the job. Sexual harassment and discrimination are often mentioned as stressors among women officers (Deschamps et al, 2003; Thompson et al, 2006; Chaiyavej & Morash, 2008).…”

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Highly Rated and most Frequent Stressors among Police Officers: Gender Differences

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This descriptive study examined the top five most frequent and highly rated occupational stressors from the Spielberger Police Stress Survey among 365 police officers enrolled in the Buffalo Cardio-Metabolic Occupational Police Stress (BCOPS) Study (2004–2009). Prevalence, frequency, and rating of stressors were compared across gender. Poisson regression was used to estimate the prevalence and prevalence ratio (PR) of events. Analysis of variance was used to compare mean frequency of occurrence and mean stress ratings by gender. Many reported stressors dealt with violent situations. Responding to family disputes (83 %) was reported as the most frequent stressor and exposure to battered children (27 %) was the most highly rated stressor (mean rating: 67.6 ± 35.3). Killing someone in the line of duty (mean rating: 66.3 ± 43.0) and experiencing a fellow officer being killed (mean rating: 65.3 ± 40.6) were highly rated but infrequent (0.27 % and 3.6 %, respectively). Male officers tended to report more frequent stressors which took away from their time off duty such as court appearances (PR = 1.26, 1.04–1.52) and working second jobs (PR = 2.37, 1.57–3.57). In contrast, female officers reported experiencing a 37 % higher prevalence of lack of support from supervisor (PR = 0.63, 0.48–0.82) relative to male officers. Results of the present study are discussed within the context of specific police stressors and gender.

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“…4 As a result, a real policeMAN is generally believed to be a heroic crime-fighter who takes control of perilous situations through their ability to physically apprehend and arrest dangerous felons on a daily basis (Martin, 1994;Myers et al, 2004;Rabe-Hemp, 2009;Shelley et al, 2011). This crime-fighter persona has been historically expected from and embodied by the policeman.…”

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Lesbian Police Officers’ Interpersonal Working Relationships and Sexuality Disclosure

Galvin-White

O’Neal

2015

Feminist Criminology

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This study examines workplace interpersonal relationships and the factors related to sexual identity disclosure using qualitative data from 15 in-depth interviews with lesbian police officers. Findings suggested that (a) factors surrounding job performance were more influential than sexual orientation and the degree of disclosure on interpersonal working relationships, and (b) sexuality disclosure within the police department was a multifaceted and dynamic process. We discuss policy implications and provide directions for future research.

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Gendered institutions and gender roles: understanding the experiences of women in policing

Cited by 131 publications

References 42 publications

Ethnic diversity in policing: An application of quantile regression to the New York City Police Department

Ethnic diversity in policing: An application of quantile regression to the New York City Police Department

Highly Rated and most Frequent Stressors among Police Officers: Gender Differences

Lesbian Police Officers’ Interpersonal Working Relationships and Sexuality Disclosure

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