The brass cliff? Women police chiefs and police reform

Cara E. Rabe-Hemp, Amie M. Schuck and John C. Navarro

Chapter 13 in Handbook on Gender and Public Sector Employment, 2023, pp 163-174 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This chapter explores the hiring of female police chiefs, feminist research on the glass cliff, and the contested public discussion of police reform. Through an analysis of media reports and using the glass cliff as a framework, we examine the conditions in which female police administrators are hired. Results suggest that women police chiefs are not more likely than male chiefs to be hired into positions that are risky and precarious but are likely to be hired to signal change or reform. The implications for female police chiefs and the communities that they serve are discussed.

Keywords: Business and Management; Politics and Public Policy Sociology and Social Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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