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15 Criminology, Crim. Just. L & Soc'y 43 (2014)
Exploring the Nexus of Officer Race/Ethnicity, Sex, and Job Satisfaction: The Case of the NYPD

handle is hein.journals/wescrim15 and id is 109 raw text is: VOLUME 15, ISSUE 2, PAGES 43 59 (2014) Criminology, Criminal Justice Law & Society E-ISSN 2332-886X Available online at https://scholasticahg.com/criminology-criminal-justice-law-society Exploring the Nexus of Officer Race/Ethnicity, Sex, and Job Satisfaction: The Case of the NYPD Jonathon A. Cooper,a Michael D. White,b Kyle C. Ward,a Anthony J. Raganella,c and Jessica Saundersd a Indiana University of Pennsylvania b Arizona State University 'New York City Police Department d RAND Corporation ABSTRACT AND ARTICLE INFORMATION We consider officer satisfaction and explore whether satisfaction with various aspects of the job differs across officer race/ethnicity and sex. We do so using a unique data set of New York City Police officers who were surveyed after working on the street for six years (n=184). The current study employs a different approach to job satisfaction by querying officers across several job-related features and by examining satisfaction across officer sex, race/ethnicity, and sex-race/ethnicity categories. Results suggest that, while this sample of NYPD officers were generally satisfied with their job, and that there was much consensus regarding specific categories of satisfaction, important differences emerged between men and women officers, between White, Black, and Hispanic officers, and between several interaction (gender by race/ethnicity) categories. We discuss the findings in terms of broader trends within the NYPD and the traditional, male-centered police subculture, as well as with regard to efforts at sustaining a representative police department through officer retention. Article History: Keywords: Received 21 January 2014 police, satisfaction, retention, diversity Received in revised form 25 April 2014 Accepted 5 May 2014 C 2014 Criminology, Criminal Justice, Law & Society and The Western Society of Criminology Hosting by Scholastica. All rights reserved. Though American policing is a profession still become increasingly more diverse, albeit with mixed dominated by White males, police departments across results. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics the United States have made substantial efforts to (BJS) for the year 2007, 81.1% of all American Corresponding author: Jonathon A. Cooper, Department of Criminology, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1011 South Drive, Indiana, PA 15705, USA. E-mail address: ion.cooper~iup.edu

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