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THE IMPLICATIONS OF CHANGING EDUCATION AND GENDER INPUTS FOR POLICE DECISIONMAKING AND SUPERVISORY ROLES
Author(s) -
Pope Nigel,
Pitman Kendall,
Voges Kevin
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
australian journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1839-4655
pISSN - 0157-6321
DOI - 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1995.tb00948.x
Subject(s) - project commissioning , perception , sample (material) , publishing , higher education , psychology , public relations , social psychology , political science , law , chemistry , chromatography , neuroscience
This article reports the results of a survey of 43 Queensland police officers, half in supervisory roles and half immediately prior to induction. The purpose of the survey was to identify gender and educational differences between groups, and to identify any effect that these differences may have had on attitudes toward decision‐making within the sample. The results were compared to a similar survey of American police chiefs. Attitudes toward decision‐making were found to be similar among all groups with the exception of the perception of the ability to implement change. This was found to be significantly higher among women and those with a tertiary education. It was also suggested that female officers have the potential to excel in police managerial positions due to higher education levels, but they are currently seriously under‐represented in supervisory and managerial positions.