Do You Want to Hire More Women Police Officers?

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Doctor samantha simon is an assistant professor in the department of criminology and criminal justice at the university of missouri. She spenta one year do ethnographic field work, meaning she participated and i also observed police training at four different police academies. "What i found, and what i was really, really struck by throughout the time that i did field work, is just how overwhelming the emphasis on violence and on danger"

Police departments across the US are signing a pledge to increase the share of women in their ranks, hoping the move will help reduce excessive force by officers. Researchers say it’s not that simple.

This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matthew Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

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