Women police leaders in Europe: A tale of prejudice and patronage
Women police leaders in Europe: A tale of prejudice and patronage
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欧洲女警察领导人：偏见和庇护的故事
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发表时间：
2020
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
S. Tong
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作者：
M. Silvestri;S. Tong
这篇文章提供了丰富和独特的见解，在欧洲七个地区的妇女警察领导人的经验。根据访谈数据，报告介绍了妇女在维持治安方面的经验，并确定了妨碍她们在欧洲警察组织中晋升的非正式和正式障碍。女警察领导人报告说，在其职业生涯中，性别歧视、阻挠和偏见的程度很高。我们认为，有一些主观的和非正式的标准的“可接受性”，塑造妇女的经验，促进和非正式的赞助是一个强有力的基础，从战略任命欧洲警察系统内。这篇文章是有意义的方式，其中非正式方面的职业发展功能与正式的晋升标准，以保持男子作为“理想”的候选人的警察领导职位，导致对其他男子的偏好和排斥妇女。这些调查结果的相关性对于在日益复杂的警务环境中为今后甄选和培养警察领导人提供信息至关重要。
This article provides rich and unique insights into the experiences of women police leaders across seven European regions. Drawing on interview data, it presents accounts of women’s experiences in policing and identifies informal and formal barriers to their advancement in European police organizations. Women police leaders report high levels of gender discrimination, obstruction and prejudice over the course of their careers. We argue that there are a number of subjective and informal criteria of ‘acceptability’ that shape women’s experiences of promotion and that informal patronage is a strong basis from which strategic appointments are made within European police systems. The article makes sense of the ways in which informal aspects of career progression function alongside formal promotion criteria to preserve men as the ‘ideal’ candidates for police leadership positions, resulting in a preference for other men and the exclusion of women. The relevance of these findings is key to informing the future selection and development of police leaders in an increasingly complex police landscape.