Perceived Discrimination Among Women in Law Enforcement

This work explores the depth and dimensions of gender-based discrimination as perceived by female police officers. Using snowball sampling, 27 currently employed female law-enforcement officers in a large metropolitan area of the Southwest were interviewed. Qualitative data analysis techniques were...

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Published in:Women & criminal justice 1998-06, Vol.10 (1), p.53-73
Main Authors: Gossett, Jennifer Lynn, Williams, Joyce E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Discrimination
Discrimination against women
Employment Discrimination
Law Enforcement
Metropolitan Areas
Police
Policewomen
Professional Women
Sexism
United States
Worker Attitudes
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Summary:This work explores the depth and dimensions of gender-based discrimination as perceived by female police officers. Using snowball sampling, 27 currently employed female law-enforcement officers in a large metropolitan area of the Southwest were interviewed. Qualitative data analysis techniques were used to analyze the findings and to extract the themes that emerged from the women's perceptions of discrimination coming from their male peers, from male supervisors or administrators, and from citizens of both sexes. Most of thepolicewomen interviewed reported experiencing discrimination from one or all of these sources. However, almost without exception, they saw their situation today as improved over that of the past policewomen. No consistent differences in perceptions emerged related toage, race-ethnicity, rank, employer, or length of service.
ISSN:0897-4454
1541-0323
DOI:10.1300/J012v10n01_03