A comparative analysis of male and female police officers on patrol in Nebraska, 1987

Landrum, Ethel

1987-05-01

1980-1989

This thesis examined the effectiveness of female police officers compared to male officers. The study data was drawn from 276 felony arrest reports from Lincoln and Omaha, Nebraska Police Divisions during 1985. Male arrestees represented 82% of the sampled population and female arrestees 18%. The analysis was done for the pooled sample and for Omaha and Lincoln officers by sex. It was assumed that this comparison would confirm whether females on patrol used less force, were backed up more often or made arrests at the same rate as male officers. The findings showed that female officers were as competent as male officers in performing their patrol functions. Contrary to prediction, females on patrol evidenced a slightly higher percentage of arrests involving physical force than male officers in both jurisdictions. Officer's or arrestee's characteristics (age, race, sex) did not affect the ability of an officer to make arrests. Seemingly, then there is no justifiable reason for discriminating against women in assignment of patrol duties.

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1987-05-01

thesis

Master of Arts (MA)

Atlanta University

Department of Criminal Justice Administration

Debro, Julius

Clark Atlanta University

Georgia--Atlanta

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1987_landrum_ethel

https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-EDU/1.0/