It’s not all about guns and gangs: role overload as a source of stress for male and female police officers

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (8) ◽  
pp. 930-946 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Duxbury ◽  
Michael Halinski
Keyword(s):  
Police Officers ◽  
Role Overload ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Female Police Officers

scholarly journals Effect of Self-reported Height on Occupational Rank Among Police Officers: Especially for Women it Pays to be Tall

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abraham P. Buunk ◽  
Gert Stulp ◽  
Wilmar B. Schaufeli
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Selection ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Leadership Positions ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Similar Percentage ◽  
Average Population ◽  
Female Police Officers

AbstractThis study among 725 male and 247 female police officers from The Netherlands examined the association between self-reported height and occupational rank from the perspective of sexual selection. Male and female police officers were taller than the average population. A larger percentage of women than of men was found in the lowest ranks, but in the leadership positions, there was a similar percentage of women as of men. Overall, but especially among women, height was linearly associated with occupational rank: the taller one was, the higher one’s rank. These effects were independent of educational level and age. The implications for evolutionary theorizing from the perspective of sexual selection on the effect of tallness on status and dominance among women are discussed.

Seeing and Doing Gender at Work: A Qualitative Analysis of Canadian Male and Female Police Officers

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-109
Author(s):  
Sarah E. Murray
Keyword(s):  
Gender Bias ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Police Culture ◽  
Canadian Province ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Female Police Officers ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Female Officers ◽  
Depth Interviews

This qualitative study examines the ways in which male and female police officers view and enact gender in their workplace. Data were generated from in-depth interviews with 20 active police officers working in a populous Canadian province. Although most male officers deny gender differences and gender bias, female officers describe experiences of workplace sexism and deploy adaptive strategies daily in their workplaces to resist gender inequality. Both men and women describe a masculine-coded ideal police officer and disparage the “old police culture” and “old boy’s club.”

Sexual harassment and health among male and female police officers.

2009 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 390-401 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stans de Haas ◽  
Greetje Timmerman ◽  
Mechtild Höing
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Female Police Officers

Attitudes of Abused Women toward Male and Female Police Officers

1983 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 391-405 ◽  
Author(s):  
DANIEL B. KENNEDY ◽  
ROBERT J. HOMANT
Keyword(s):  
Family Violence ◽  
Strong Evidence ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Abused Women ◽  
Police Response ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Female Police Officers ◽  
Favorable Evaluation ◽  
Detroit Area

A total of 103 women from three Detroit-area shelter homes were interviewed about their perceptions of the police response to family violence. Ninety women reported that they had had contact with police officers as the result of a family disturbance. Seventy percent of the women reported that the police had been at least a little helpful in their cases. There were significant differences in attitudes toward policewomen and policemen. There was strong evidence that those who had had contact with policewomen viewed them differently than did women whose only contact had been with policemen. In general, contact with policewomen resulted in a more favorable evaluation of them. However, while policewomen were more able to calm a situation than the subjects had anticipated, they did not automatically take the woman's side in an argument between cohabitants.

Cardiovascular health profile among Québec male and female police officers

2018 ◽  
Vol 74 (6) ◽  
pp. 331-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philippe Gendron ◽  
Claude Lajoie ◽  
Louis Laurencelle ◽  
François Trudeau
Keyword(s):  
Police Officers ◽  
Cardiovascular Health ◽  
Health Profile ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Female Police Officers
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