NCJ Number
82595
Journal
Journal of Criminal Justice Volume: 10 Issue: 2 Dated: (1982) Pages: 147-152
Date Published
1982
Length
6 pages
Annotation
This study explores the extent to which women interested in careers in criminal justice tend to express interest in the female-role-compatible specialties within the field as compared to men and as compared to more traditionally male specialities.
Abstract
A sample of 288 criminal justice students was surveyed and the data revealed that females did express higher interest in female-role-compatible specialties both as compared to the males surveyed and as compared to their interest in most of the traditionally male positions. The results are especially noteworthy in that occupational areas recently opened to women (most especially police patrol officer) were of relatively low interest to those women as compared to traditionally female areas. (Author abstract)