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An Examination of Racial Disparities in Ohio Law Enforcement Employment

Fields-Williams, Tiffany A
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7482-8017
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1607523250084136

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2020, Master of Science in Criminal Justice, Youngstown State University, Department of Criminal Justice and Consumer Sciences.
Racial disparities in law enforcement have been a point of contention since their origin in the middle of the 19th Century. Employment in law enforcement has frequently shown discriminatory treatment to females, minorities and other ethnic groups due to its white-male dominated, paramilitary origin. Deviation from this paramilitary structure has caused more widespread discrimination, prejudice, and racism. This thesis will examine the amount of racial disparity present in a selection of Ohio law enforcement. There have been many advances in minority employment but minorities are still underrepresented in law enforcement. There are still minority communities that don’t see diversity in their police departments, courts, and correctional facilities. Data will be used from the 2016 Bureau of Justice Statistics survey, and the Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) database and information on six Local Police Departments in Ohio, namely Akron, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton and Steubenville. Statistics from the Pew Research Center and the Census Bureau will also be used to pull statistics from local police departments and their numbers of minorities amongst the ranks. This research will cover the hiring and the promotional processes that often disqualifies minorities. It will also proffer a solution that will allow for a more nondiscriminatory process.
Monica Merrill, PhD (Advisor)
Patricia Bergum Wagner, J.D (Committee Member)
Cristobal Ruiz, M.S (Committee Member)
56 p.
Criminology
Racism in law enforcement employment; Racial Disparities; Law enforcement employment; Ohio law enforcement racial disparities

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  • Fields-Williams, T. A. (2020). An Examination of Racial Disparities in Ohio Law Enforcement Employment [Master's thesis, Youngstown State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1607523250084136

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Fields-Williams, Tiffany. An Examination of Racial Disparities in Ohio Law Enforcement Employment. 2020. Youngstown State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1607523250084136.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Fields-Williams, Tiffany. "An Examination of Racial Disparities in Ohio Law Enforcement Employment." Master's thesis, Youngstown State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1607523250084136

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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