RT Article
T1 "A Panel of Good ol’ Boys": Women Navigating the Police Promotions Process
JF American journal of criminal justice
VO 48
IS 4
SP 967
OP 983
A1 Todak, Natalie
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1883309522
AB Women are significantly underrepresented among police supervisors, middle managers, and leaders in the United States. To investigate this problem, the current study examines challenges faced by women officers as they pursue promotions. Narrative data from 226 women who earned promotions in U.S. policing are analyzed using a content analysis of responses to an open-ended survey question. Emergent themes reflected gender bias within the promotions process and, more broadly, in the organizational culture of participants’ agencies that impact promotions. Findings support the characterization of policing as a gendered occupation with a culture that views and supports men as more competent leaders.
K1 Culture
K1 Gender
K1 Police
K1 Policing
K1 Promotions
K1 Qualitative
K1 Women
DO 10.1007/s12103-023-09732-w