Gender composition and agency decision-making: female officers' effect on body-worn camera acquisition
| Autor: | Julia Marin Hellwege, Thomas Mrozla |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Public Administration
05 social sciences Applied psychology Law enforcement Police accountability Pathology and Forensic Medicine Community relations 050501 criminology 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Research questions Psychology Law Merge (version control) Use of force 050104 developmental & child psychology 0505 law |
| Zdroj: | Policing: An International Journal. 43:625-641 |
| ISSN: | 1363-951X |
| Popis: | PurposeGender representation in policing is an important but understudied topic. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between female representation in police departments and the acquisition of body-worn cameras (BWCs). Further, it examined how female representation influenced the reasons for acquiring BWCs.Design/methodology/approachData were gathered from the 2013 Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) survey and the 2016 Body-Worn Camera Supplement to the LEMAS.FindingsControlling for relevant organizational characteristics, findings highlight the importance of female representation in terms of the acquisition of BWCs. In addition, findings point to the effect that increased female representation has on the reasons for acquiring BWCs. Namely, agencies with a greater percentage of female patrol officers were more likely to acquire body cameras for reasons related to improving community relations, professionalism, training, reducing use of force and strengthening leadership.Practical implicationsThis paper provides evidence of the positive influence of female representation in policing.Originality/valueThis paper fulfills the identified need to examine the influence of gender representation in police organizations. In addition, it advances the direction of recent research to merge large data sets in order to provide a unique look at the research questions. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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