Doctoral Dissertation Research: Policing Women Across Social Class Lines

这个项目研究了社会阶层如何影响警察女性的经历。很少有研究跨越社会阶层来研究警察对女性的行为。该项目解决了三个问题：(1)社会阶层如何影响女性的警察经历？(2)警察涉及女性的不当行为有多普遍？(3)妇女如何利用资源来应对涉及她们自己和她们所在社区的警察不当行为？本研究将提供有关社会阶层对涉及妇女的警察不当行为的影响的经验证据，包括各种形式的不当行为的文件。该项目的调查结果将有助于各级政府的利益攸关方制定性别包容的警察程序和警察改革政策。本项目采用混合方法设计，包括访谈、实地观察和调查。对来自不同社会阶层背景的妇女进行了深入访谈，了解她们与警察的互动。实地观察包括参加有关妇女、警察不当行为或警察改革的社区活动。利用地方调查来审查妇女报告经历的具体警务类型。在对这些数据进行分析的基础上，开展了一项全国调查，以检查涉及妇女的警察不当行为的普遍性和范围。全国调查的结果将提供有关警务犯罪学理论的见解，以及有关刑事司法系统运作中种族不平等和性别不平等的理论。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project examines how social class affects the experiences of women with police. Few studies have researched police behavior against women across social class lines. This project addresses three questions: (1) How does social class influence women’s experiences with police? (2) How prevalent is police misbehavior involving women? (3) How do women draw on resources to contend with police misbehavior involving themselves and their communities? This study will provide empirical evidence regarding the impact of social class on police misbehavior involving women, including the documentation of various forms of misbehavior. Findings from this project will assist stakeholders at multiple levels of government in creating gender-inclusive police procedural and police reform policies. This project uses a mixed-methodological design consisting of interviews, field observations, and surveys. In-depth interviews are conducted with women from different social class backgrounds about their interactions with police. Field observations include attendance at community events regarding women, police misbehavior, or police reform. Local surveys are utilized to examine the specific types of policing women report experiencing. Based on an analysis of these data, a national survey was developed to examine the prevalence and scope of police misbehavior involving women. Findings from the national survey will provide insights regarding criminological theories of policing, as well as theories regarding racial inequality and gender inequality in the operation of the criminal justice system.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.