Gender Bias in Policing
To improve law enforcement’s response to allegations of sexual assault and domestic violence, we need to be able to identify and prevent gender bias in policing practices. Gender bias, whether explicit or implicit, is inherent in all society. However, its affect in policing practices can be viewed as a form of discrimination that may result in officers providing less protection to certain victims on the basis of gender, failing to respond to crimes that disproportionately harm people of a particular gender or offering reduced or less robust services due to a reliance on gender stereotypes.
In this workshop, participants will engage in small group exercises to help individuals identify and assess their personal gender bias and recognize what their experience is in their police agencies. Only when we identify our biases can we hope to change behaviors to enhance the service to crime victims.
This workshop will assist departments in assessing how gender bias can affect law enforcement officers’ response to sexual assault and domestic violence and provide a set of principles that keep victims safe and hold offenders accountable, including developing clear, unequivocal policies, training for officers, and supervision protocols and systems of accountability. Training goals include...
In this workshop, participants will engage in small group exercises to help individuals identify and assess their personal gender bias and recognize what their experience is in their police agencies. Only when we identify our biases can we hope to change behaviors to enhance the service to crime victims.
This workshop will assist departments in assessing how gender bias can affect law enforcement officers’ response to sexual assault and domestic violence and provide a set of principles that keep victims safe and hold offenders accountable, including developing clear, unequivocal policies, training for officers, and supervision protocols and systems of accountability. Training goals include...
- Identifying gender bias in everyday interactions between victims of violence, perpetrators, and practitioners
- Examining different theories of the origins of sexual/domestic violence and how these theories impact responses to victims and perpetrators
- Applying Department of Justice Guidelines on Gender Bias to case fact patterns and reports
- Share promising practices which address gender and other biases to promote victim safety and offender accountability