Women in Power? Examining Gender and Promotion in Policing Through an Organizational Perspective

IF 1.8 2区社会学 Q2 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY

Feminist Criminology Pub Date : 2021-12-24 DOI:10.1177/15570851211061744

Kellie D. Alexander, Jeffrey Nowacki

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Abstract

Women bring important strengths to the field of policing, such as communication skills, the ability to lead teams, as well as the ability to coach and nurture subordinates. Despite these contributions, the rate of women entering policing has stagnated in recent years, and the percentage of women in supervisory, command, and leadership positions remains low. To explain this, we use an organizational structure perspective to explore how characteristics of police agencies (e.g., department size, officer demographics, and formalization) may influence the promotion of women to leadership positions. We make suggestions regarding hiring and retention and provide recommendations for further research.

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女性掌权？从组织视角审视警务中的性别与晋升

女性为警务领域带来了重要的优势，如沟通技能、领导团队的能力，以及指导和培养下属的能力。尽管做出了这些贡献，但近年来，女性进入警务部门的比例停滞不前，担任监督、指挥和领导职位的女性比例仍然很低。为了解释这一点，我们从组织结构的角度探讨了警察机构的特征（如部门规模、官员人口统计和正规化）如何影响女性晋升领导职位。我们就招聘和留用提出建议，并为进一步研究提供建议。

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Feminist Criminology CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY-

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4.80

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12.00%

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期刊介绍： The main aim of Feminist Criminology is to focus on research related to women, girls and crime. The scope includes research on women working in the criminal justice profession, women as offenders and how they are dealt with in the criminal justice system, women as victims, and theories and tests of theories related to women and crime. The feminist critique of criminology incorporates a perspective that the paths to crime differ for males and females, thus research that uses sex as a control variable often fails to illuminate the factors that predict female criminality. This journal will highlight research that takes a perspective designed to demonstrate the gendered nature of crime and responses to crime.