Argumentative Essay On Female Police Officers

In about 40 years, the number of women in law enforcement hasn’t increased rapidly like we would have thought. In the 1970s, women made up only roughly 2% of all sworn officers. Most of the females though only holding clerical positions. As of today, only about 13% of police officers are females, even with many progressive gender equality movements. Why is the number of women in this field not growing quicker? Are they being discriminated for their gender and choice of career? Is law enforcement just not an interesting field for females as male? The answer could be a variety of things. Many people believe having more female officers could be a potential risk. Women are often known to be more emotional, timid, afraid, or naïve in times of danger
With all the chaos and news headlines we are seeing about police brutality and physical forces being taken, when it may or may not be necessary; females could be the key. Studies, not only in the US, have shown that woman have a better style of policing while dealing with conflict situations. They are better at communication in situations with citizens and are less likely to use excessive force. Woman are better at de-fusing and de-escalating potentially violent scenarios than their male officer co-workers. Another study showed that female officers seem to be more effective in responses to crimes against women (domestic abuse, sexual assault, stalking, etc.). They are more caring, understanding, patient, and concerned than male officers to this types of calls. Violent crimes against women make up half of all violent calls called in to police. Woman who have been abused or assaulted are less likely to inform the police if an issue has occurred again, or has gotten worse, if they had a negative encounter with the first officer who responded. But if they are more people understanding to these crimes, the woman can feel more comfortable coming for