Socio-demographic Variables and Impulsivity Can Affect the Decision to Use Legitimate Violence Amongst French Gendarmes

The presence of a female officer is not significantly associated with the likelihood of a suspect resisting arrest or assaulting a police team in a southern Brazilian state: results from a case-control study

“…In the same direction, some research suggests that departments with more female officers tend to present fewer police shooting deaths (Carmichael & Kent, 2015). Nevertheless, contrasting findings indicate nonsignificant findings regarding the impact of an officer's gender (Cojean et al, 2023;Hine et al, 2018b;Hoffman & Hickey, 2005;Klahm & Tillyer, 2010;Lawton, 2007;Noppe, 2018;Paoline et al, 2021;Paoline III & Terrill, 2007;Rydberg & Terrill, 2010;Schell-Busey et al, 2023;Schuck & Rabe-Hemp, 2005;Stroshine & Brandl, 2020;Terrill et al, 2008).…”