This report explores the extent to which women are being employed as sworn officers in state and municipal departments across the United States. The purpose of the study was to analyze the effects of specific personnel practices designed to support full employment of women in policing.
This report concludes that the greatest challenge for women in policing in the eighties is to overcome barriers to promotion and obtain a more significant proportion of supervisory and police-making positions in police departments.
Original Title
Sulton, C. G., Et. Al. - A Progress Report on Women in Policing
This report explores the extent to which women are being employed as sworn officers in state and municipal departments across the United States. The purpose of the study was to analyze the effects of specific personnel practices designed to support full employment of women in policing.
This report concludes that the greatest challenge for women in policing in the eighties is to overcome barriers to promotion and obtain a more significant proportion of supervisory and police-making positions in police departments.
This report explores the extent to which women are being employed as sworn officers in state and municipal departments across the United States. The purpose of the study was to analyze the effects of specific personnel practices designed to support full employment of women in policing.
This report concludes that the greatest challenge for women in policing in the eighties is to overcome barriers to promotion and obtain a more significant proportion of supervisory and police-making positions in police departments.