NCJ Number
106010
Journal
Journal of Police Science and Administration Volume: 15 Issue: 2 Dated: (June 1987) Pages: 137-144
Date Published
1987
Length
8 pages
Annotation
A Likert-type scale was developed to measure attitudes toward female police officers and administered to 191 male and 42 female Illinois State Police officers.
Abstract
Items measured perceptions of performance, male officer response, organizational response, and public response. In general, responses of male officers suggested resistance to women in the force. Males were more negative about female officers' performance and career commitment, would discourage a daughter from becoming an officer, and felt that females received preferential treatment in hiring and promotion. Female officers expressed the most egalitarian attitudes toward women in policing, and older males were less egalitarian than were younger males. Finally, an examination of motivations for entering policing found no significant differences between males and females. Scale items are appended. 1 table and 16 references.