Critical Thinking in Law Enforcement

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The paper discusses women in the law enforcement field and the problems they face. The paper looks at the reasons for decreasing enrollment of women in law enforcement and concludes with the hope that the critical decision-making and critical thinking that are important in this type of work will also be applied to finding more individuals to work in the field.

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"The topic of critical thinking in law enforcement has become increasingly more popular as the world moves into the information age. There have been major technological advances and changes in many regulations for law enforcement that have helped to fuel the upsurge of new decisions in the industry (Ammeter, Douglas, Gardner, Hochwarter, & Ferris, 2002). There are now many more opportunities in law enforcement administration then there once were, and a great deal of these opportunities are now open to women, which is only one of the more critical decisions that have been made. This is something that was unheard of only a few years ago. Women in the law enforcement field are now more readily accepted but they still have a long way to go to be respected as much as men in the same field."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Ammeter, A. P., Douglas, C., Gardner, W. L., Hochwarter, W. A., & Ferris, G. R. (2002). Toward a political theory of leadership. Leadership Quarterly, 13(6), 751-796.
• Church, A. H., & Waclawski, J. (1998). The relationship between individual personality orientation and executive leadership behavior. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 71(2), 99-125.
• Marion, R., & Uhl-Bien, M. (2001). Leadership in complex organizations, Leadership Quarterly, 12(4), 389-418.

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