...“Women in Law Enforcement” Introduction For the last twenty years it has been proven that women in law enforcement bring a unique perspective to policing. Women in law enforcement have struggled to become accepted and respected at federal, state and local levels. Women that enter law enforcement need to prove their emotional and physical strength. There are many reasons why women want to be part of law enforcement, from financial and job security, to prestige and reward. The truth is that a woman that knowingly steps into a world where she is expected to fail will have to work harder as she seeks equality. History In the early 1820s Quaker women were paid to provide religious and secular training to women and juvenile inmates. The importance that women had in these positions was crucial. In cities of over twenty-thousand, such as New York and Massachusetts, legislature was passed requiring to hire paid police matrons. However, the police matrons had no police powers. In 1845 the first “matrons” were appointed by the New York Police Department, but it was not until 1878 that they became police department employees. (Vila & Morris, 1999) In the late 1800s some women were unofficially appointed to complete the positions of their late sheriff husbands, such as Ms. Latty , the wife of Sheriff James Latty, from Iowa. In 1918 Ms. Banister, from Coleman County, Texas, was officially known as the first woman Sheriff in the country. She performed...
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...Police Culture Marissa Efros, Lysa Lawson, Awele Meju, Makita Walker, Joseph Washington CJA/214 May 24, 2012 Jesse Banks Police Culture The history of policing can be traced back to the beginning of time. When looking at the subject of police work there is a large culture and history that follows along with it. There are many topics that can be analyzed when identifying, and describing the elements and the significances that are associated with policing. A large element of the police job that plays a large factor in the work and attributes to the policing culture is the amount of stress that an office will face while performing on the job. Another part of the job that plays a large part in the culture of policing can be found when one examines how women and ethnic minorities have achieved equality in law enforcement. Finally, policing culture can be analyzed when looking at the internal and external mechanisms that influence and control police discretion. Police culture continues to puzzle the average citizen; not belonging to “the brotherhood.” Police officers command a certain respect simply by donning the uniform and carrying a badge. The police culture provides many benefits to individuals who belong to this private organization. Officers of the law have their own social circle that only persons with a badge and uniform are allowed to be a member of. Also, it has been shown that police officers have difficulty in relationships...
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...White Professor S. Simmonds English 101: Composition 29, November 2014 Ladies of the Law Over the ages many women have paved the way for others, like them, to be accepted by a profession and the society, as equals. This has proved a long and difficult task in a culture that predominantly believed men were the only capable beings of bringing home the bacon. Many women have fought tooth and nail for the rights of their sex to vote and hold positions never given to a woman before. Of these women there were few who conquered the task of entering a man’s’ world and being recognized for their acts. Law Enforcement is one of those professions. The first women of law enforcement opened the door for others to enter, and proved that sex alone cannot dictate inferiority. Although there were two “Matrons” hired by New York City police department in 1845. Mrs. Mary Owens was a true pioneer in the world of policing for women. As the widow of a law man killed on duty, she was the first female to be granted arrest powers in 1893, by the Chicago Police Department. Mrs. Owens was granted employment as a sort of death benefit from her husband’s passing. Mrs. Owens duties were assisting the agency with cases that involved women and children. (National Center for Women in Policing [NCWP], 2005) Although her role resembled what is now considered social work, Mrs. Owens opened the door for aspiring women all over the nation during her thirty years of service. (NCWP, 2005) In 1905 Lola Baldwin...
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...Women and Minorities in Law Enforcement Jacob Hollen CJS/210 5/23/2014 Jeffrey Scott Abstract Throughout history women and minorities have struggled to be seen as equals in the law enforcement. In this essay we will discover some of these struggles and changes that have been made in lew of these struggles. Roles of women and minorities Throughout history women and minorities have struggled to be seen as equals. From discrimination in ranks, to stereotypes and being overlooked for promotions, women and minorities have seen and experienced the worst imaginable. They have went from not being allowed on the force, to only being able to work office positions, to showing a strong presence on patrols and beats all around. Effects of the change in the roles of women and minorities I believe that these changes have had a huge impact on the view of the force, not to mention a tremendous leap for equal rights. Having more women and minorities being present on the streets has made women and minorities more app to communicate with the law and giving most of the community a sense of equality. This being said there seems to still be a profiling issue among the forces as seen from the public’s eye. Recruitment issues The grounds for recruitment have leveled out between men and women. What was once seen as a man’s profession has made a complete 180 and became equal amongst most departments. The only differences that still remain among some departments are to do with...
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...Women in Policing History, duties, and leadership roles Melissa Carpenter Genesee Community College Author Note This paper was prepared for Administration in Criminal Justice 205, Section 99, taught by Professor Bushen Abstract: The journey of women in policing and police leadership has been long and strewn with obstacles and issues. The aim of this paper is to examine and discuss women in the policing. This paper will attempt to discuss the struggles and problems women face when taking a leadership role. This paper will give a brief history of the roles women played when first being introduced into the criminal justice system along with the roles they obtain now. When thinking of people in the criminal justice field especially that of police officers, chief of police, prosecutor, etc. many people often picture men in those positions. For many decades the criminal justice system was a male-dominated field and although men still hold a majority of these positions, more women are stepping up and taking initiative to lead in these areas. “In most cultures across the globe, males hold more power and privilege—both publicly and privately—than females. Men control more of the wealth, hold the highest position in government and industry, control the military, make more scientific and scholarly discoveries, and are more prominent in sports and entertainment than women” (Goodstein). This paper will discuss the roles of women in the criminal justice system...
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...Minorities in Law Enforcement Christina Moore CJS/210 November 01, 2013 Jeffrey Scott Minorities in Law Enforcement Throughout the history of policing the roles of women and minorities has been limited. [ Some roles of women and minorities throughout policing history include not being able to work a beat, not being able to be selected for higher ranking, Where there was a community made up of primarily minorities such as a Hispanic neighborhood more Hispanic police officers would patrol in that area and where there were more African Americans in a neighborhood that is where African Americans would patrol. In the Past: Subjugated to a lesser status than men, paid less for equal work, unequally represented in governments and as CEOs. In the Present: They are rocking and still third world countries women are yet to be developed. This is possible only through education. In US policing there is typically a state police force, but crimes are usually handled by local police forces which usually only cover a few municipalities. National agencies, such as the FBI, only have jurisdiction over federal crimes or those with an interstate component. Funding by different levels of government determines jurisdiction. Sheer size: the smaller size of a woman allows for better use of cover and concealment.. Women have better vision in low light, better peripheral vision and better hearing. [ They can hear a broader range of sound frequencies and tones in the human voice. Women are better...
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...Diversity in Law Enforcement MAJ-660 Across the United States there are many challenges among law enforcement agencies when it comes to hiring the most qualified candidates and also those candidates that come from racial/ethnic minorities and female applicants. Having diversity within a law enforcement agency is critical. Bringing cultural understandings and native language skills to the force, minorities’ play a key role for success when the officers are called to help those groups of individuals. “In short, the police may be seen more legitimate and may be better able to partner with community organizations in fighting crime if they more closely resemble and identify with the communities they serve” (Raganella and White, 2004; Scivner, 2006). Due to the higher standards that most of the law enforcement agencies require, there are many individuals that would make outstanding police officers, but do not meet many of the requirements such as a college education. However, there are many other circumstances that can attribute to the lower number of minorities and women in law enforcement. One of the biggest issues with recruitment of racial/ethnic minorities and women basically boils down to “an insufficient number of these groups simply not applying for the job” (Scivner, 2006). According to Ravens 2010, “lack of awareness suggests a deficiency in outreach actions and events; that is, there is not enough recruitment in areas where demographics...
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...Patterns of Discrimination Student Name Class Instructor Date Deep in the veins of American history, discrimination is an issue that the country is still working to overcome. Throughout history, there are reports of police abusing discretion to satisfy their prejudiced beliefs. Some examples of this are the beating of Rodney King in 1991, the deaths of African American citizens during the Hurricane Katrina tragedy in 2005, detainment of Professor Gates, and, of course, the abuse of African Americans during slavery in the early days of America (Walker, Spohn, & DeLone, 2012). It seems eliminating all discrimination in law enforcement is close to impossible. Today, institutionalized, contextual, and individual acts of discrimination keep the attainment of pure justice just out of society’s reach. Types of Discrimination Institutionalized discrimination is not always intended, but occurs when a policy or procedure inadvertently leaves or singles out a specific group of people. In modern law enforcement practices, this form of discrimination is reflected through the war on drugs. Through research and years of enforcing drug laws, it has come to be expected that the common drug player will be an African American male. Hispanics are also commonly singled out through the war on drugs. While this discrimination is unintentional, African Americans and Hispanics are more likely to be arrested for drug related offenses than their white non-Hispanic counterparts. Because this...
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...historically on policing, not only has law enforcement made incredible changes, but through these changes came the issue of conflict that arose in our society. The conflict could be that of law enforcement itself, different ethnic groups or social classes. As law enforcement progressed, so did the conflict among African Americans and law enforcement officials. The greatest argument to date in our society are those of the African American race. When a crime has been committed the first suspect in the case is an African American male whether there are other suspects or not. Another argument could be the socioeconomic class. An example of this may be if one were to come from a less than prosperous background, not only will they be arrested, but they will be tried and convicted due to the simple fact that they don’t have the resources to afford a decent attorney. Then there are those that are born into wealthy families and if they are arrested for a crime, they will never do any jail or prison time due to the fact that they do have the resources to have the best attorney or even an entire defense team. As hard as it is to believe we would like to think this doesn’t exist in our society, but if you were to ask anyone and the answer you are given may just surprise you. The sole objective in this paper is to not only describe the historical development of policing in the United States, but also how this is related to current relationships between law enforcement and those of different ethnic...
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...Influence on Society Historically looking back not only has law enforcement made incredible changes, but with these changes comes the issue of conflict that arises in our society. This conflict could be that of law enforcement, different ethnic groups or social classes. As law enforcement progressed through the years so did the conflict among African Americans and law enforcement officials. The greatest argument to date in our society is those that are of African American race. When a crime has been committed the first suspect in the case is an African American male regardless if there are other suspects or not. Another argument is the socioeconomic class. For example, if one were to come from a less than prosperous background not only will they be arrested, but they will be tried and convicted due to the fact they do not have the resources to afford a decent attorney. Then there is the person that is born into a wealthy family and they may be arrested for a crime, but they will never do any jail or prison time due to the fact they do have the resources to have the best attorney or defense team. As hard as it is to believe we would like to think this does not exist in our society, but ask anyone and the answer may surprise you. The main objective of this paper is to not only describe the historical development of policing in the United States, but how this relates to the current relationship between law enforcement, different ethnic groups and social classes. Historical...
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...people that are affected by it, the people doing it and the people putting an end to this problem. His concern for human trafficking is for everyone to see it as a problem. * One of the most terrible parts in history that relates to human trafficking is slavery. Humans were exploited and brought to different lands like the new world also known as the Americas. Laws were made to end the slave trade. Slavery was stopped long ago and it has been abolished in the United States for a while now. For an understanding of the term human trafficking, an interpretation of the issue would be needed to give an explanation of the adult and child victims, criminals engaging in human trafficking and law enforcement stopping human trafficking. Adult And Child Victims Adults and children are the victims in human trafficking. Men are exploited for cheap labor. They could be put to work hard all day on farms or plantations and not get any insurance or any benefits that governments offer to legal working citizens or immigrants in the countries that they are sold in. Women and Children are at a high risk for being sold for sexual purposes. Women could be forced to be prostitutes or escorts and children could be bought by pedophiles who want to have sex with children. Men, women and children are the victims of human trafficking that is being done by the criminals that are engaging in these crimes. Criminals Engaging In Human Trafficking The criminals are the bad individuals that are engaging...
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...determined by social, economic, and political forces. | |Segregation |The physical and social separation of categories of people. | |De jure segregation |Segregation that is imposed by law. | |Pluralism |A state in which people of all racial and ethnic categories have about the same overall social | | |standing. | |Assimilation |The process by which minorities gradually adopt cultural patterns from the dominant majority | | |population. | Part II Answer the following questions in 150 to 350 words each: • Throughout most of U.S. history in most locations, what race has been the majority? What is the common ancestral background of most members of this group? The White race has been the majority of the population throughout most of U.S. history. The reason for this is that many immigrants came from Europe and began forming the colonies in what is now called the United...
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...not always seen by the naked eye. Domestic violence constitutes forms of physical abuse, psychological abuse or even death that can be seen by other family members possibly causing a continuous cycle of abuse for generations to come. Facts and Statistics It is hard to grasp the notion that somewhere in the world every nine seconds a woman is being beaten or assaulted. On average, 85% of victims of domestic violence are women and 1 in every three women will endure some form of domestic violence in their natural life. Sadly enough only one fourth of all victims who have been physically assaulted by an intimate partner will actually report it to the police, implying that official statistics will never justify the full scope of the problem. The average age of a female victim who is at the greatest risk of harm by an intimate partner is between 20 to 24 years old. Domestic violence is the primary source of harm to a woman over all other possible harmful circumstances she will encounter. As if domestic violence isn’t already difficult enough for women to endure in an intimate relationship, if she has a male child who witnesses these assaults he is now two times more likely to abuse his partner or children as an adult passing along the cycle of abuse for our future....
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...Women and Minorities in Law Enforcement Throughout policing history the roles of women and minorities have changed tremendously. In this paper I will discuss the role of women and minorities throughout policing history, how it has changed over time, how the change has affected modern policing agencies and compare women and men police recruits. In 1972 the act “Tittle VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act” prohibited employment discrimination on the basis of color, race, religion or sex (Grant & Terry, 2008). Policing was considered to be a white man’s job and if any women were hired they were more like social workers. Because laws were created there was political pressure to hire women and minorities. Overtime the role of women and minorities have changed because of the increase of hire rates among them. A major change in women policing is that women were assigned to patrol duty (Walker & Katz, 2011). According to Walker & Katz, Hispanic and African American officers are the majority in some departments today. There are also gay and lesbian officers. The roles changing have affected modern policing agencies such as women and minorities holding high ranks. There has also been an increase in diversity among police departments which may have been difficult at times. When the police were looking for recruits the males more than likely didn’t have a high school diploma and were only required to know how to speak, read and write English well enough to get by. The women recruits...
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...Women and Minorities in Law Enforcement . Throughout policing history women and minorities have played roles in the equality opportunities in the workplace legislation. During the Nixon Administration the federal government began to push employers to make a "good faith effort" to employ women and minorities and to track their progress. In 1969 the act “Executive Order” was passed by President Nixon which stated that the federal government could not use sex as a requirement for hiring which changed policing within the Federal Bureau of Investigations and municipal police departments. In 1972 the act “Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act” prohibited employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, or sex (Grant & Terry, 2008). Before these acts were enforced, it was nearly impossible for women and minorities to get a job in policing. To improve and enhance the police community relations in minority communities, it was important to increase minority police officers in the law enforcement. Minority police officers have increased in modern times due to immigration and having an officer that can speak other languages has proven to be quiet useful to police departments. The increase of policewomen officers was important to improve police community relations in the communities after the civil rights movement. During World War II the number of women in the police force also increased (Grant & Terry, 2008). This role of women and minorities has affected modern...
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