Disparate Treatment
Disparate Treatment of Women in Policing
INTRODUCTION
This paper will analyze the disparate treatment of women in policing by exploring the attitudes and obstacles that women face in law enforcement, and by discussing why women are important to the changing role of police work. When law enforcement agencies represent the communities they serve it benefits the law enforcement profession and society as whole.
The paper will address the question or problem: Women police officers experience disparate treatment. The research will address and identify the social causes and effects of how the occurrence of disparate treatment of women officers correlates with discrimination, sexual harassment, advancement limits and retention problems. This …show more content…
In order to achieve this goal, it is important for law enforcement agencies to identify and address the adverse affects of disparate treatment of women in law enforcement.
Research on the problem of disparate treatment of women officers in law enforcement follows a specific plan. The research begins with problem formation and a topic outline. The research design is explained in the introduction thesis and the outline defines the research question.
The research divides the problem into sub-problems. A cause and effect analysis was chosen to identify the social causes and effects of how the occurrence of disparate treatment of women officers correlates with the subtopics of discrimination, sexual harassment, advancement limits and retention problems.
Research objectives were guided by the cause and effect analysis of the problem by utilizing the analysis to formulate research question and hypothesis. The research objectives were guided by a literature …show more content…
In the early 1900’s, law enforcement agencies only hired men as police officers. This was a result of society 's view that women were not fit to be police officers (Harrington and Lonsway 2006).
In 1971 women accounted for only 1.4 percent of all police officers. Today women in policing make up more than 13 percent of police officers. Women have made progress in their numbers in recent years but women are still underrepresented in all ranks in policing and women face many obstacles.
The Supreme Court applied Title VII of the Civil Rights Act to law enforcement in 1972. Agencies could be sued for discriminating against qualified women. In some cases, the courts issued consent decrees which forced agencies to hire qualified women. Many law enforcement agencies used height and weight limits to prevent women from meeting the qualifications until the courts struck down this practice in 1977 in Dothard vs.
INTRODUCTION
This paper will analyze the disparate treatment of women in policing by exploring the attitudes and obstacles that women face in law enforcement, and by discussing why women are important to the changing role of police work. When law enforcement agencies represent the communities they serve it benefits the law enforcement profession and society as whole.
The paper will address the question or problem: Women police officers experience disparate treatment. The research will address and identify the social causes and effects of how the occurrence of disparate treatment of women officers correlates with discrimination, sexual harassment, advancement limits and retention problems. This …show more content…
In order to achieve this goal, it is important for law enforcement agencies to identify and address the adverse affects of disparate treatment of women in law enforcement.
Research on the problem of disparate treatment of women officers in law enforcement follows a specific plan. The research begins with problem formation and a topic outline. The research design is explained in the introduction thesis and the outline defines the research question.
The research divides the problem into sub-problems. A cause and effect analysis was chosen to identify the social causes and effects of how the occurrence of disparate treatment of women officers correlates with the subtopics of discrimination, sexual harassment, advancement limits and retention problems.
Research objectives were guided by the cause and effect analysis of the problem by utilizing the analysis to formulate research question and hypothesis. The research objectives were guided by a literature …show more content…
In the early 1900’s, law enforcement agencies only hired men as police officers. This was a result of society 's view that women were not fit to be police officers (Harrington and Lonsway 2006).
In 1971 women accounted for only 1.4 percent of all police officers. Today women in policing make up more than 13 percent of police officers. Women have made progress in their numbers in recent years but women are still underrepresented in all ranks in policing and women face many obstacles.
The Supreme Court applied Title VII of the Civil Rights Act to law enforcement in 1972. Agencies could be sued for discriminating against qualified women. In some cases, the courts issued consent decrees which forced agencies to hire qualified women. Many law enforcement agencies used height and weight limits to prevent women from meeting the qualifications until the courts struck down this practice in 1977 in Dothard vs.