Token Female Police Officers or Police Exemplars: An Evaluation of the Theory of Tokenism

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I would like to first thank my family for everything and more than I could ever express in as short a work as this. I would also like Dr. Cara Rabe-Hemp for years of support, never giving up, always being there for ideas and critiques, pushing me to complete this work, and for the inspiration to finish and move on to the next step in my life. Next, the author would also like to thank Dr. Ralph Weisheit for teaching me the value of multiple choice tests, showing me his masterful genius in chaotic organization, and having fun with hypocrisy. I would to thank Dr. Dawn Beichner for her advice while editing this study, along with the insights from her classes that I needed to channel for the voice of this work. I would like to also thank the entire Criminal Justice Sciences faculty and staff at Illinois State University. I believe I gained an unsurpassed education from my professors and unrivaled support from office staff to advisors. Finally I would like to thank the late Dr. L. Edward Wells for the time I spent listening to his insights and intellect between classes. It was time well spent.