Abstract

Policing has historically been conceptualized as a masculine and male-dominated profession. As part of the present research, we test two competing hypotheses about the effects of officer gender on citizens’ (N = 251) perceptions of officer aggression. Our results reveal that women are perceived as less aggressive than men when wearing civilian clothes, but similarly aggressive as men when wearing their police uniform. By experimentally testing the salience of policing versus gender cues on judgments of officers, we provide insight into the gendered dynamics of policing and complement existing research in the fields of criminology and psychology.

中文翻译：

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在警务中看到性别：制服和感知到的侵略

摘要

历史上，警察一直被概念化为男性主导的职业。作为本研究的一部分，我们测试了关于军官性别对公民（N  = 251）对军官攻击性看法的影响的两个相互竞争的假设。我们的研究结果表明，女性在穿着便装时被认为没有男性的攻击性，但在穿着警察制服时与男性同样具有攻击性。通过实验测试警务与性别线索对警官判断的显着性，我们深入了解警务的性别动态，并补充犯罪学和心理学领域的现有研究。