What are some of the barriers to women in policing discussed in the text? Can you think of additional issues that could be perceived as barriers?

What will be an ideal response?


• Women face damaging stereotypes.
• Women face discrimination in the hiring process.
• Women are vulnerable to sexual harassment.
• Women experience isolation.
• Women sometimes face a double standard in performance evaluations.
• Male officers usually receive the most highly valued assignments.
• Promotions have been more difficult for women to attain.
• Women face the lack of family-friendly policies and programs.

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a. They have formal education requirements. b. They do not need to be licensed. c. They need to have extensive work experience. d. They can work in a variety of environments.

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At a Global Threat Reduction Initiative conference in Vienna in 2004, the head of the UN Atomic Energy Agency (AEA) stated that there are about 350 sites in fifty-eight countries that possess ________ ______ _______ and approximately two dozen have enough material to build a nuclear weapon

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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How many states have passed legislation related to gang related clothing and or school uniforms?

a. 5 b. 8 c. 10 d. 13

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Our American tradition of limited government

a. Tends to support paramilitaristic policing b. Tends to help rationalize S.W.A.T. c. Tends to work against the idea of paramilitaristic policing d. None of the above

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