Gender Differences In Policing

In looking at the different duties both women and men in policing are given, women and men in policing also have different experiences and stress levels according to an article call Gender differences in policing: reason for optimism?, there are numerous research that compare the stress and experiences of women to men in policing which one has more or less than the other gender Burke, Martinussen and Richardsen, 2006). One research wrote that women police officers when compared to male police officers, report being exposed to fewer violent and threatening situations, handle more domestic and child-related incidents and experience more sexual harassment from colleagues and civilian public than do males Brown and Heidenshohn 2000 (As cited by