Citation

Texeira MARYTHIERRY. Gender Soc. 2002; 16(4): 524-545.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0891243202016004007

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Researchers have given some attention to women law enforcement officers' experiences and perceptions of sexual harassment. Yet, few studies have determined how the interaction of gender and race affect African American women's perception of this workplace impediment. This article explores one group of women's experiences in a U.S. sheriff's department. Interview data gathered from 65 African American women who are active and former law enforcement officers provide a comprehensive examination of how African American women in nontraditional criminal justice occupations experience racialized sexual harassment. Differences in degree and frequency of harassment are found among the women in different cohorts based on their job tenure, marital status, and the race of their harassers.