CASE FOR THE PROMOTION OF POLICE WOMEN IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (FROM POLICE PATROL READINGS, 2D ED. 1970, BY SAMUEL G CHAPMAN - SEE NCJ-01974)

• NCJ Number: 15165
• Author(s): F SHPRITZER
• Date Published: 1970
• Length: 7 pages
• Corporate Author: Charles C. Thomas
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. ARTICLE FROM THE JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL LAW, CRIMINOLOGY AND POLICE SCIENCE, NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1959.

Annotation

A HISTORY OF THE EMPLOYMENT OF POLICEWOMEN IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK IS TRACED, AND THE LACK OF PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AS OF 1959 IS DISCUSSED.

Abstract

THE HIRING OF WOMEN AS POLICE OFFICERS, FROM THE FIRST APPOINTMENT OF A POLICE MATRON IN 1888 TO THE FORCE OF 253 POLICEWOMEN BY 1959 IS INVESTIGATED. THE AUTHOR STATES THAT NEW YORK WAS ONE OF THE FEW CITIES WHICH HAD NO COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS ENABLING WOMEN TO RISE TO SUPERIOR RANKS. ALSO, DUE TO THE NATURE OF THEIR POSITIONS, THE AUTHOR CONTENDS THAT MANY WOMEN WERE NOT CONSIDERED FOR THE RANK OF DETECTIVE. INQUIRIES WERE SENT TO 14 AMERICAN CITIES AND TO LONDON TO ASSESS WOMEN'S POSITIONS IN POLICEWORK IN GENERAL. RESULTS ARE REPORTED FOR NUMBER OF POLICEWOMEN, NUMBER OF WOMEN SUPERIOR POLICE OFFICERS, MANNER OF COMPETING FOR RANK, TYPE OF ASSIGNMENT, AND EDUCATIONAL PREREQUISITES. THE AUTHOR SUGGESTS SEVERAL ASSIGNMENTS IN WHICH WOMEN SUPERIOR OFFICERS COULD BE OF VALUE IF DUE PROMOTIONS WERE AWARDED TO WOMEN.