Lesbian Police Officers: A Review of Television Portrayals and Their Lived Experiences. (4th May 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Colvin, Roddrick; Moton, Lauren
• Is Part Of: Public integrity. Volume 23:Number 3(2021)
• Page Start: 253
• Page End: 268
• Publication Date: 2021-05-04
• Subjects: lesbians -- policing -- representation on television -- social equity; Civil service ethics -- United States -- Periodicals; Public administration -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States -- Periodicals; Political ethics -- United States -- Periodicals; Civil service ethics -- Periodicals; Public administration -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Periodicals; Political ethics -- Periodicals; Civil service ethics; Political ethics; Public administration -- Moral and ethical aspects; United States; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; CIVIL SERVICE; MORAL ASPECTS; POLITICAL ETHICS; Periodicals; 172
• DOI: 10.1080/10999922.2020.1794267
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1099-9922

Abstract

Abstract : This exploratory research considers television's portrayals of lesbian police officers from the first known character in 1986 through the present. We examine the degree to which depictions of lesbian police officers on television advance or hinder social equity in law enforcement.