Understanding Police Misconduct Correlates: Does Gender Matter in Predicting Career-Ending Misconduct?
Decades of research on police misconduct have produced mixed findings related to risk and protective factors. Although misconduct is a relatively rare and predominantly male phenomenon, demographic characteristics such as sex could provide context to better understand the influence of these factors...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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2020
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Women & criminal justice
Jahr: 2020, Band: 30, Heft: 4, Seiten: 264-289 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Decades of research on police misconduct have produced mixed findings related to risk and protective factors. Although misconduct is a relatively rare and predominantly male phenomenon, demographic characteristics such as sex could provide context to better understand the influence of these factors in predicting misconduct. Using a large sample (N = 3,085) of matched police officers in the New York Police Department and a split-sample analysis testing equality of coefficients, this study identifies how common predictors of police misconduct operate differently for men and women. |
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| ISSN: | 1541-0323 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/08974454.2019.1605561 |