... Victimization Survey Supplemental Victimization Survey (SVS), which included 485 female victims who reported stalking to the police; 452 of these women specified the frequency of the incidents, and 427 reported filing charges. Multivariable logistic regression analyses were used to assess the 10 police actions...

... et al. (2019) found that women who had two or more night shifts the previous week had an increased risk of miscarriage after pregnancy week eight (Hazard Ratio = 1.32, 95% CI: 1.07–1.62) compared with women who did not work night shifts. The cumulated number of night shifts during pregnancy...

...Mary Dodge; Laura Valcore; Frances Gomez Purpose This article aims to examine male and female police officers' perspectives concerning women participating on special weapons and tactical (SWAT) teams. The study seeks to explore differences in opinions on a woman's ability to gain entrance...

.../methodology/approach Incumbent SACs, reached with assistance from law enforcement organizations and through snowball techniques, anonymously completed questionnaires that were mailed to each individually. This methodology provided a snapshot in time of the first generation of women to have reached the rank...

...; therefore, the experiences of the women in this department may not be representative of other female police officers working in agencies where women comprise either more or less than 15 percent of all sworn positions. Another limitation of this study is that the sample size is small. This is a limitation...

... provide insight into the obstacles women face when joining police agencies and methods to alleviate these impediments, revealing an under‐recruited population for police agencies nationwide. Originality/value This study extends past literature by: examining female officers' experiences in a variety...

... be contacted at: lanying@mail.ntpu.edu.tw © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Women Police Working practices Harassment Taiwan Sexual harassment Sexual harassment (SH) is a universal phenomenon in all contemporary societies where the gender power is unequally distributed. The extent...

...Melchor C. de Guzman; James Frank The lot of policewomen has been a difficult adaptation to a predominantly male‐dominated organization. Being traditionally dominated by males, the police organization may become a problematic workplace for policewomen. In a patriarchal society, women are placed...

... Affairs and with senior members of the Ukrainian Ministry of Interior. It presents data showing that women officers are significantly more dissatisfied with their role, have a poorer relationship with their line managers and perceive that they receive a more authoritarian and directive style of management...

...Jan Jordan Assumptions are often made that women police officers will respond more sympathetically to rape complainants than their male colleagues. In the research study presented here, 48 women complainants of rape and sexual assault expressed their views of the extent to which they considered...

...’ perceptions of their male/female counterparts or stress‐related issues. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Police Women Perception Stress USA It is well known that women meet with considerable resistance by male officers; and research documents the cultural, organizational and structural barriers...

...Mary Dodge; Mark Pogrebin Explores the professional, job‐related relationships of African‐American policewomen. The difficulties black women police officers face often are exacerbated by the intersection of race and gender that influence their self‐perceptions and the perceptions of those with whom...

...Phyllis Gray‐Ray; Christopher Hensley; Edward Brennan Rape is one of the most heinous and underreported crimes against women. However, if women knew about recent technological advances in the war on rape, maybe they would report the crime more often. For example, biting incidents in connection...

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