Making rank: The lingering effects of Tokenism on female police officers' promotion aspirations

Police Quarterly

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 50-73

  Archbold, Carol A ^a   Schulz, Dorothy Moses ^b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Advancement; Female police officers; Promotion; Tokenism

Indexed keywords

EID: 46349099368     PISSN: 10986111     EISSN: 1552745X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098611107309628     Document Type: Article

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