The Prevalence of Female Representation in Supervisory and Management Positions in American Law Enforcement: An Examination of Organizational Correlates

Shjarback, John A.; Todak, Natalie

doi:10.1080/08974454.2018.1520674

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“…Women in patrol have to manage the culture of masculinity that exists in informal interactions during roll call or out on the streets which may also explain the lower fit at the workgroup level. At the same time, women are promoted less often than men (Shjarback & Todak, 2019), which is often attributed to their inability to commit as much time as men (Silvestri, 2007(Silvestri, , 2017. When they are promoted, they may face resistance because they are getting further from the "appropriate" roles for women.…”

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Exploring Gendered Environments in Policing: Workplace Incivilities and Fit Perceptions in Men and Women Officers

Rief

Clinkinbeard

2020

Police Quarterly

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Research indicates that women are still underrepresented in policing and that police culture is not fully accepting of its sisters in blue. As police organizations strive toward building an inclusive workforce, we must understand how women, already in the field, view their place and experiences within their jobs, organizations, and workgroups. Thus, in the current research, we use a comparative sample ( n = 832) of male and female officers to examine perceptions of fit in the job, organization, and workgroup, and how these perceptions relate to reports of workplace incivilities. Findings indicate that women "fit in "with the job and the broader agency, but they are less likely than men to feel they belong within their workgroup. This relationship was partially mediated by workplace incivilities, indicating that women’s experience of subtle forms of discrimination partially explains their lower levels of fit in their workgroup.

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Exploring Gendered Environments in Policing: Workplace Incivilities and Fit Perceptions in Men and Women Officers

Rief

Clinkinbeard

2020

Police Quarterly

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“…These numbers have remained stagnant for nearly 20 years, supporting Cordner and Cordner's (2011) assertion that policing is stuck on a plateau with respect to integrating women. There tend to be more ranking women in larger agencies and communities (Shjarback & Todak, 2019), likely because there are more women in the pool of eligible officers. However, even in large agencies, women are significantly underrepresented compared to men at higher ranks.…”

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Are Women Opting Out? A Mixed Methods Study of Women Patrol Officers’ Promotional Aspirations

Todak

Leban

Hixon

2021

Feminist Criminology

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Using national survey and interview data from women patrol officers in the United States, we assess whether women are underrepresented in the upper ranks of policing because they are self-selecting out of promotions. With only 42% of the survey sample reporting a desire to promote, we indeed find evidence that many policewomen are either delaying or forgoing promotions. The most common reason given for waiting to promote was the desire to gain more experience. Based on our findings, we offer recommendations for reducing gendered barriers to promotion and increasing gender diversity in the upper ranks of law enforcement.

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“…Supporting the tenets of representative bureaucracy, female representation in law enforcement increased the likelihood of reporting and clearance of rape cases. In their examination of organizational correlates of female representation in policing, Shjarback and Todak (2019) assert that “future research should test the propositions of the representation bureaucracy framework that increasing the decision-making ability of minorities (active representation) will produce positive organizational outcomes in police work” (p. 143). Further, they emphasize that researchers “will need to merge the 2013 LEMAS data set with other data sources to serve as the key dependent variables” (p. 143).…”

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Gender composition and agency decision-making: female officers' effect on body-worn camera acquisition

Mrozla

Hellwege

2020

PIJPSM

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PurposeGender representation in policing is an important but understudied topic. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between female representation in police departments and the acquisition of body-worn cameras (BWCs). Further, it examined how female representation influenced the reasons for acquiring BWCs.Design/methodology/approachData were gathered from the 2013 Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) survey and the 2016 Body-Worn Camera Supplement to the LEMAS.FindingsControlling for relevant organizational characteristics, findings highlight the importance of female representation in terms of the acquisition of BWCs. In addition, findings point to the effect that increased female representation has on the reasons for acquiring BWCs. Namely, agencies with a greater percentage of female patrol officers were more likely to acquire body cameras for reasons related to improving community relations, professionalism, training, reducing use of force and strengthening leadership.Practical implicationsThis paper provides evidence of the positive influence of female representation in policing.Originality/valueThis paper fulfills the identified need to examine the influence of gender representation in police organizations. In addition, it advances the direction of recent research to merge large data sets in order to provide a unique look at the research questions.

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The Prevalence of Female Representation in Supervisory and Management Positions in American Law Enforcement: An Examination of Organizational Correlates

Cited by 43 publications

References 35 publications

Exploring Gendered Environments in Policing: Workplace Incivilities and Fit Perceptions in Men and Women Officers

Exploring Gendered Environments in Policing: Workplace Incivilities and Fit Perceptions in Men and Women Officers

Are Women Opting Out? A Mixed Methods Study of Women Patrol Officers’ Promotional Aspirations

Gender composition and agency decision-making: female officers' effect on body-worn camera acquisition

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