NCJ Number
25191
Date Published
Unknown
Length
12 pages
Annotation
QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY OF HOW POLICE EDUCATORS AND UNIVERSITY-TRAINED POLICEMEN AND WOMEN RATED THE CAPABILITIES OF MALE AND FEMALE OFFICERS; POLICEOWMEN ALSO COMPARED THEIR TREATMENT WITH THEIR EXPECTATIONS.
Abstract
IT WAS HYPOTHESIZED THAT THERE WOULD BE NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TREATMENT REPORTED BY POLICE WOMEN AND THE TREATMENT THEY EXPECT OR BETWEEN THE PERCEIVED PATROL PERFORMANCE CAPABILITIES OF TRAINED POLICEMEN COMPARED TO TRAINED POLICEWOMEN. BOTH HYPOTHESES WERE REJECTED. POLICEWOMEN INDICATED THAT THEY WERE DISSATISFIED WITH THEIR TREATMENT (CITING INFERIOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRAINING, PROMOTION, AND ASSIGNMENT AND LOWER SALARIES). POLICEMEN AND POLICE EDUCATORS RATED WOMEN AS LESS COMPETENT THAN MEN IN THE MORE DANGEROUS PATROL TASKS AND MORE COMPETENT IN TASKS REQUIRING THE UTILIZATION OF INTERPERSONAL SKILLS. POLICEWOMEN CONSISTENTLY PERCEIVED THEMSELVES AS EQUAL TO OR MORE COMPETENT THAN THE POLICEMAN. GROUP RATINGS ON 35 DIFFERENT PATROL TASKS ARE INCLUDED.