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Racial Minorities and Women Workers in a Big City Police Department: A Case Study in the Elusiveness of Affirmative Action
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In this article, the workforce of a city police department is analyzed for a period in which an affirmative action program was in operation, and the goal of parity representation with the available labor force of racial minorities and women workers in the city was not realized in this police department.Abstract:
The workforce of a city police department is analyzedfor a period in which an affirmative action program was in operation. The goal of parity representation with the available labor force of racial minorities and women workers in the city was not realized in this police department. The problematic nature of "equality of employment" in city police agencies is further clarified by an examination of the employment situation in this department on two levels of explanation.read more
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Explaining underrepresentation of black officers in city police agencies
Ellen Hochstedler,John A. Conley +1 more
TL;DR: This paper assessed empirically several common explanations offered for why blacks are underrepresented in public police agencies in the United States and concluded that the explanation that blacks choose not to pursue a plice career remains the most plausible.
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The Joint Impact of Race and Gender on Police Department Employment Practices
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the joint effects of race and gender on hiring practices of police departments in southern California and found some similarities between the employment patterns of African-American and Hispanic officers, but the most noteworthy findings involve the sharp differences between the factors which affect the hiring of different groups of individuals for sworn officer positions.
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Women in Law Enforcement
TL;DR: This article used tobit regression techniques to examine the variation in female employment as law enforcement officers in municipal police departments within the State of Florida and found that the distribution of sworn female officers does not resemble local labor market conditions.
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Who is Policing the Community? A Comprehensive Review of Discrimination in Police Departments
Perceptions Of Police Officers Towards Law Enforcement Hiring Practices As They Pertain To Minority Candidates While Controlling For Gender
TL;DR: Shaw et al. as mentioned in this paper examined perceptions of police officers towards law enforcement hiring practices as they pertain to minority candidates while controlling for gender, and a survey instrument was devised and implemented to measure perceptions of hiring practices in a police department in northern Texas.
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