Female Officers and Community Policing: Examining the Connection between Gender Diversity and Organizational Change. Issue 5 (20th October 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Schuck, Amie M.
• Is Part Of: Women & criminal justice. Volume 27:Issue 5(2017)
• Page Start: 341
• Page End: 362
• Publication Date: 2017-10-20
• Subjects: communication -- community -- law enforcement -- structural equation models (SEM) -- training -- women; Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Periodicals; Female offenders -- Periodicals; Women -- Crimes against -- Periodicals; Women criminal justice personnel -- Periodicals; 364.374
• DOI: 10.1080/08974454.2017.1303659
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0897-4454

Abstract

Abstract : This study aimed to evaluate the temporal relationship between gender diversity and the adoption of community policing. The results from three separate structural equation models suggest that gender diversity is the stronger temporal predictor. The findings highlight the potential importance of gender diversity in organizational change. In theory, increasing the number of female officers may increase organizational agility through the creation of an alternative cultural ethos. More research is needed to understand how gender diversity affects police agencies, as well as how calls to reform the institution of policing affect women in law enforcement.