A STUDY ON DUTY ADAPTION OF FIELD POLICEWOMEN- AN EXAMPLE OF TAIPEI CITY ZHONG-ZHENG SECOND POLICE DISTRICT

• Main Authors: LIU, CHIUNG-HSUAN, 劉炯炫
• Other Authors: MON, WEI-TEH
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/12534768118146047979

碩士 === 國立臺北大學 === 犯罪學研究所 === 98 === With the change of social patterns, the idea "man are breadwinners; women are homemakers" became out of date. Nowadays, females are employed by most of industries. Therefore, "gender issue" is gaining more and more attention. The function of police, stereotypically a masculine organization, is crime prevention and investigation. Police is required to use any means of strength for task fulfillment, so it is traditionally considered as "male exclusive industries". Consequently, women rights organizations regard it as one of index of gender equality. Hence, the police authority had entirely modified the female police policies based on the philosophy of gender equality. Since 2004, police college graduates are assigned to grass-roots units, no matter their genders are. Thus, some issues related to policewomen on field duty are amplified. In the research, literature about " police organizations and career characteristics", "adaptation and stress of works", "gender issues" and "situation and adaptation of policewomen in workplace" will be reviewed and discuss. Furthermore, characteristics of practice duties and the police field work are analyzed. By extracting the information from field, questionnaires are designed for field supervisors and female police officers. After detecting the problems and precise reasons of policewomen field duties, proposing remedies to the problems and characteristics of policewomen adaptation, to contribute the future female police policies to improve policewomen work adaptation. Set Zhong-zheng Police District, Taipei City Police Department as an example, research findings are as below: A. The adaptation of female police in field duty. a) Policewomen accommodate to field duty well; however, safety issues are still stress and concern. b) Lawful and physical training for policewomen on field duty need to be improved. c) Internal and external gender discriminations still remain. d) Policewomen life and physical adjustment have scarcely effect with working performance and external perception. e) Self-motivation and working achievement derive from role cognition. B. Police station chief ought to be an active supporter to policewomen on field duty. a) Fair, reasonable and respect for gender differences should be considered when assigning policewomen field duty. b) Police station chief is the principal in role appearance and adaptation of female police officers. c) Station chief can effectively inspire, assist to stress release and improve working achievement. Finally, recommendations are concluded according to the research findings and results, and provided related authorities as references. A. Policewomen on field duty need supporting policies when working the late-night shift. B. Improving lawful and physical training for policewomen on field duty. C. Strengthening negotiation and propaganda to diminish gender discrimination in workplace. D. Continuous improvement of offices and equipments is necessary to suit practical requirement. E. Adopting gender issues in every annual trainings and studies.