Women in Law Enforcement

The Distribution of Females in Florida Police Agencies

Bibliographic Data

ID20394190
AuthorsTammy Meredith Poulos (a Applied Research Services, an Atlanta-based national consulting firm , 5131 Taylor Road, Aipharetta, GA, 30202, USA), William G Doerner (Florida State University)
Year1996
Volume8
Issue2
Pages19-33
Publication date1996-10-06
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueWomen & Criminal Justice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0897-4454 • E-ISSN: 1541-0323
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1300/j012v08n02_02
OpenAlexW1486978675
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited15

Despite equal employment opportunity laws, affirmative action policies, and studies which demonstrate the capability of females, women account for only 8% of all municipal police officers in this country. The underrepresentation of social groups in policing is not a new phenomenon and can be explained through the “denial hypothesis.” The present study uses tobit regression techniques to examine the variation in female employment as law enforcement officers in municipal police departments within the State of Florida. The findings indicate that the distribution of sworn female officers does not resemble local labor market conditions. Neither the degree of parity between men and women in local economic conditions nor the availability of a qualified female applicant pool affect agency gender composition

Affirmative action · Business · Criminology · Demographic economics · Denial · Economics · Enforcement · Law enforcement · Phenomenon · Political science · Sociology · State law · Statute · Tobit model · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Law · Policing Practices and Perceptions · Psychology · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses

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