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DESCRIPTION:Jennifer Merluzzi\n\nGeorge Washington University\n\nWomen’s Re
 presentation in Policing and Officer Use of Force in Citizen Interactions
 \n\nDate: Friday\, March 13\, 2026\n	Time:10:30 AM -12:00 PM\n	Location: Vir
 tual (ZOOM)\n\nAll are cordially invited to attend.\n\nAttend on ZOOM\n\n
 \nAbstract:\n\nEfforts to increase women’s representation in law enforceme
 nt often assume that adding women officers will result in lower officer us
 e-of-force rates and improve public trust. This logic rests on robust evid
 ence that women officers\, on average\, use less force than men officers. 
 Yet\, this baseline overlooks how the behavior of incumbent officers might
  change with shifts in the gender composition of a masculine occupation. U
 sing 13 years of longitudinal data from the Chicago Police Department\, in
 cluding more than one million monthly observations of approximately 13\,00
 0 frontline officers\, we examine how changes in the gender composition of
  a police district correspond with an individual officer’s use-of-force be
 havior in citizen interactions. Integrating social identity theory with re
 search on masculinity contest cultures and gendered status beliefs\, we pr
 edict and find that as the proportion of women officers in a police distri
 ct increase\, a man officer propensity to use force increases. A positive 
 but statistically insignificant pattern also emerges for a woman officer. 
 These findings challenge the assumption that adding more women into law en
 forcement automatically reduces aggressive police response. Instead\, we u
 nderscore the need for diversification goals to anticipate incumbent worke
 r behavior in occupations where workers strongly associate with the mascul
 ine identity of the work. We conclude with practical guidance for designin
 g more effective policies to support gender integration in policing and ot
 her traditionally male-dominated occupations.\n
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SUMMARY:Organizational Behavior Area Virtual Research Seminar Series: Jenni
 fer Merluzzi
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/desautels/channels/event/organizational-behavior-
 area-virtual-research-seminar-series-jennifer-merluzzi-371806
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