RT Article
T1 Seeing Gender in Policing: Uniforms and Perceived Aggression
JF Women & criminal justice
VO 31
IS 5
SP 406
OP 421
A1 Simpson, Rylan
A2 Croft, Alyssa
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1770925236
AB Policing has historically been conceptualized as a masculine and male-dominated profession. As part of the present research, we test two competing hypotheses about the effects of officer gender on citizens’ (N = 251) perceptions of officer aggression. Our results reveal that women are perceived as less aggressive than men when wearing civilian clothes, but similarly aggressive as men when wearing their police uniform. By experimentally testing the salience of policing versus gender cues on judgments of officers, we provide insight into the gendered dynamics of policing and complement existing research in the fields of criminology and psychology.
K1 Uniforms
K1 Stereotypes
K1 Policing
K1 Perceptions of police
K1 Gender
K1 Aggression
DO 10.1080/08974454.2020.1842290