RT Article
T1 Public perceptions of female police officers on patrol
JF American journal of criminal justice
VO 21
IS 2
SP 231
OP 249
A1 Leger, Kristen
LA English
YR 1997
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764203534
AB Women in policing have been the subject of considerable study for the past 20 years. While women perform as well as men in various patrol assignments and situations, they still face a significant amount of disapproval from the male police personnel population. Citizens, however, have shown a greater acceptance of women in this male-dominated occupation and a greater confidence in women’s abilities to effectively perform difficult patrol tasks. The purpose of the present research is to determine the perceptions that residents of two Kentucky counties have of female patrol officers and if those perceptions affirm previous findings. The socioeconomic foundations for those residents’ perceptions are also examined. The research instrument consisted of 17 closed-ended and matrix questions. Two hundred responses were obtained. The results of this study will indicate the public’s growing acceptance of women in this non-traditional gender role, which is a requisite development for the overall objective of attaining equality and equity for women in police work. Recommendations are presented for the purposes of explaining the inevitable changes in the gender makeup and purposes of police work and the need for police personnel and the public to accept those changes.
K1 Female Officer
K1 Supreme Court Decision
K1 Police Work
K1 Police Department
K1 Police Officer
DO 10.1007/BF02887451