Employment Of Female Police Officers - 1848 Words

The research focus guiding this study is the employment of female police officers in the United States. The research is largely motivated by negative police/community relations across the country. General research topics that are focused on are: employment of female police officers, use of force by male and female police officers, styles of policing, and attitudes towards female police officers. The study is looking to establish whether or not having a larger number of female police officers in a department will result in the department having a positive relationship with the surrounding community. The goal of this literature review is to examine common themes or trends between scholarly research articles on this topic, and attempt to†¦show more content†¦The results of the study found that helping citizens and job security were very influential motivators of females to pursue law enforcement careers. The results also reflected that many female police officers see themselves as equal to male officers when it came to job duties and performance. For the research, Seklecki and Paynich (2007) used systematic random selection to select every thirtieth agency listed in the National Directory of Law Enforcement Administrators, Correctional Institutions, and Related Agencies to receive their survey, and then the surveys were distributed to all female law enforcement employees of those agencies. Raganella and White (2004) also discuss the employment of female police officers, as well as their motivations to pursue a career in law enforcement. Unlike Seklecki and Paynich (2007), Raganella and White (2004), did not conduct a nation-wide study; they conducted a study of the New York City Police Department (NYPD). They also included minority police officers, along with female police officers, to compare with white male police officers. The study wanted to research motivational differences between these three groups to understand the connections between NYPD female and minority hiring efforts, and their underrepresentation as police officers. A convenience sampling method was used (an NYPD academy class that was allowed to participate) and surveys were distributed that asked about eighteen