Perceived discrimination among women in law enforcement
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Gossett, J.L.
Williams, J.E.
Perceived discrimination among women in law enforcement
This article 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 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 the policewomen 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
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Gossett, J.L.
Williams, J.E.
Domestic violence victims' behaviour in favor of prosecution
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Bui, H.N.
Domestic violence victims' behaviour in favor of prosecution
This article examines how economic, emotional and social-power related factors affect victims' behaviour in favor of prosecution during police investigations. Data drawn from police records and police narrative reports indicated that mutual charge, dual arrest, the severity of assaults and the severity of injuries suffered by victims negatively affected the victims' behavior in favor of prosecution. These findings suggest that the norm of unequal relationships between men and women combined with an indiscriminate use of mutual charge and dual arrest without considering the defensive or offensive nature of violent acts can reduce trust in the criminal justice system among women victims of domestic violence and decrease the victims' interest in pursuing prosecution.
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Bui, H.N.
Reflections of African-American women on their careers in urban policing
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Pogrebin, M.
Dodge, M.
Chatman, H.
Reflections of African-American women on their careers in urban policing
This article examines the social organizational relationships and interactions that position African-American policewomen as outsiders within their own department. Their exclusion arises not only from dominant white males but from other subordinated groups such as white female and black male officers.
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Pogrebin, M.
Dodge, M.
Chatman, H.
Gender and policing
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Eterno, John A.
Gender and policing
Description of similarities and differences between male and female officers' legal behaviors, based on a study of the use of the Compstat model, an aggressive, crime-fighting style of policing.
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Eterno, John A.
Roze in blauw
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Pierets, Fleur
Roze in blauw
A conversation with Ellie Lust, spokeswoman of the Amsterdam police and president of Roze in Blauw. Roze in Blauw started in 1998 to promote the interests of gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgenders in- and outside of the police force.
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Pierets, Fleur
Domestic violence and police response in a pro-arrest jurisdiction
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Feder, Lynette
Domestic violence and police response in a pro-arrest jurisdiction
Factors were studied in terms of their impact on selfreported likelihood to arrest when responding to domestic violence call. Results indicate that belief in the utility of police involvement, knowledge of the department's policy, and attitudes towards women are all significant in accounting for the variation in the likelihood of police to arrest.
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Feder, Lynette
Women Police Stations as a Dispute Processing System
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Natarajan, Mangai
Women Police Stations as a Dispute Processing System
In 1992, the Tamil Nadu State government in India began to introduce all-women police stations whose primary role is to deal with crimes against women, including family violence and dowry disputes. Dowry giving is a customary practice in India, which often results in disputes between young wives and their new families. As a result, the young women may be subjected to physical and mental ill treatment. Using detailed data from 474 case records and interviews with 60 dowry victims, this study examines how women police stations serve as a dispute processing system, and describes the services extended by the stations to the victims of dowry disputes.
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Natarajan, Mangai
What happened depends on whom you ask
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Fleury, R.E.
What happened depends on whom you ask
Slachtofferrapportage en politierapportage wat betreft arrestatie en veroordeling wegens mishandelen van vrouwen worden vergeleken om na te gaan of er verschillen zijn. Overeenstemming over het feit dat geen arrestatie of veroordeling had plaatsgevonden bleek relatief hoog, terwijl overeenstemming over het feit dat er een arrestatie of veroordeling had plaatsgevonden zeer laag was.
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Fleury, R.E.
Evaluation of a UK police domestic violence unit using repeat victimisation as a performance indicator
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Farrell, G.
Buckley, A.
Evaluation of a UK police domestic violence unit using repeat victimisation as a performance indicator
Nagegaan wordt waardoor de speciale eenheid een vermindering van herhaalde oproepen tot hulp bij geweld binnen gezinssituaties bewerkstelligde. Ook mogelijke preventieve mechanismen worden onderzocht.
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Farrell, G.
Buckley, A.
Witnessing an accidental shooting at the police training academy
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Lonsway, Kimberly A.
Welch, Susan
Witnessing an accidental shooting at the police training academy
After an accidental shooting (the shooter was a woman) at a police training academy, outcomes of the class involved (n = 45) were compared with those of several comparison classes (n = 154) immediately and one year later. This article discusses the investigation and its findings, amongst others prejudice against women officers and attitutes toward affirmative action.