CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL WOMEN OFFICERS

• NCJ Number: 38572
• Journal: Police Chief Volume: 44 Issue: 1 Dated: (JANUARY 1977) Pages: 60-61,78
• Author(s): G CRAIG
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 3 pages
• Corporate Author: International Assoc of Chiefs of Police
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

CONCLUSIONS REACHED AND RECOMMENDATIONS MADE AFTER A TWO-YEAR STUDY OF FEASIBILITY OF EMPLOYING HIGHWAY PATROLWOMEN.

Abstract

FINDINGS INDICATE THAT ALTHOUGH THE COST OF RECRUITING, TRAINING, AND MAINTAINING A WOMAN AS A STATE TRAFFIC OFFICER IS HIGHER THAN FOR A MAN; IT IS NOT PROHIBITIVE, AND COSTS CAN BE REDUCED BY IMPROVED SELECTION AND TRAINING. THE ISSUE OF MALE AND FEMALE COMPARATIVE PHYSICAL STRENGTH WAS NOT RESOLVED, SO FURTHER RESEARCH WAS RECOMMENDED. CORRELATIONS OF ACADEMY GRADES, BACKGROUND CHARACTERISTICS, AND PERFORMANCE RATINGS REVEALED THE GENERAL CONCLUSION THAT THE EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN AS STATE TRAFFIC OFFICERS IS FEASIBLE. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)...KAP