WOMAN'S PLACE IS ON PATROL: FEMALE REPRESENTATION IN MUNICIPAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS (FROM ACADEMICALLY SPEAKING: CRIMINAL JUSTICE RELATED RESEARCH BY FLORIDA'S DOCTORAL CANDIDATES, 1992, P 2-12, 1993, DIANE L ZAHM AND BARBARA FRENCH, EDS., - SEE NCJ-146927)

• NCJ Number: 146928
• Author(s): T M Poulos
• Date Published: 1993
• Length: 11 pages
• Sale Source: Florida Department of Law Enforcement; National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

Employment data from all local police agencies in Florida were used to study the differences in the distribution of female police officers in the State in 1988.

Abstract

The analysis used information from the computerized records of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Police agencies were eliminated if they served areas with less than 2,500 population or were associated with school districts, airports, or Indian reservations. The final study group consisted of 203 agencies representing 96.5 percent of al sworn police officers and 64.2 percent of all police departments in Florida. Findings revealed that the agencies had an average of 7 percent female police officers. female representation within law enforcement does not reflect the local labor force. Larger agencies and agencies in the central or southeast regions of the State were the had higher proportions of female officers than did other agencies. Findings indicated that female representation within law enforcement does not reflect the local labor force. To increase the representation of women in policing, local law enforcement agencies must recruit female applicants. Tables, map, 2 case citations, and 58 references