Black Women in American Policing - An Advancement Display

• NCJ Number: 87119
• Journal: Journal of Criminal Justice Volume: 10 Issue: 6 Dated: (1982) Pages: 455-468
• Author(s): R D Townsey
• Date Published: 1982
• Length: 14 pages
• Grant Number(s): 78-DF-AX-0111
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This article is a display of the advancement of black women in American municipal policing.

Abstract

Outlined are research findings which denote the current status of black female officers through a national overview and analysis of their numbers and assignment and rank distributions in relation to geographic region and city population size. The supervisory and command representations of black women among the sworn personnel of five major municipal police agencies are examined. (Author abstract)