Global progressive policing
Sign in

Temporary promotions, permanent inequality: Gender disparity in police selection processes

SUBSCRIBE 31st August 2023Dr Jackie Alexander, Doctoral Researcher, University of Portsmouth  3 Comments
New research by Dr Jackie Alexander and Professor Sarah Charman at the University of Portsmouth has highlighted gender disparity in the temporary promotions process in UK policing, which they believe is likely to have as great an impact on gender advancement as the proverbial ‘glass ceiling’; but with forces and the Government “at best ignorant of, and at worst disinterested in” these areas of gender bias, they argue that little will be done to address the disproportionality unless data is collated and examined in more detail to understand the scale of the disparity.

To read this article you need to have an individual paid subscription or subscriber access via your organisation’s corporate subscription.

Please sign in to your account or subscribe to a plan below to read this article.

If your organisation has a corporate subscription please register a FREE account with your organisation email address for full subscriber access.

Forgot password?

Having problems creating an account or can't sign in? Please e-mail [email protected]

Request a password reset using the form below

Sign in

Having problems creating an account or can't sign in? Please e-mail [email protected]



Having problems creating an account or can't sign in? Please e-mail [email protected]

Premium Subscription (Annual)

  • All Articles
  • Reports
  • Media Monitor
  • All PolicingTV Videos
  • Newsletters (Access all content)

£600 per year

Articles Only Subscription (Annual)

  • All Articles
  • Reports
  • Media Monitor
  • All PolicingTV Videos
  • Newsletters (Access all Policing Insight content)

£200 per 12 months

Top