Michael J. Kemper’s research while affiliated with Wright State University and other places

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Discrimination in the Ranks: An Empirical Study with Recommendations
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September 2001

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17 Citations

Police Quarterly

William M. Slonaker

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Ann C. Wendt

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Michael J. Kemper

Successful recruitment and retention of qualified police officers is a primary concern of departments and supervisors. Employment discrimination is an onerous stress that negatively interferes with success. In this article, the authors discuss the legal concepts of employment discrimination, report the discrimination experiences of the officers in their research database, and make recommendations for confronting and preventing employment discrimination. The database includes numerous descriptive variables taken from employment discrimination claims field in Ohio during a 15-year period. It is the most complete database on employment discrimination in the United States.

Citations (1)


... Women and racial/ethnic minority officers have recounted feeling othered and experiencing discriminatory and harassing behaviors while at work (Haarr & Morash, 1999;Walker, 1985). Despite increased use of diversity trainings and increased representation of minorities in policing, officers of color continue to experience pervasive discrimination in less overt ways (Bolton & Feagin, 2004;Loftus, 2008;Slonaker et al., 2001), stress related to mistreatment (Repasky et al., 2020), and often feel the need to suppress their identity and adopt the dominant police culture to fit in (Barron & Holdaway, 2016). Moreover, intersectional research on policing indicates that workplace discrimination takes various forms and creates othering experiences shaped by the intersection of various identities (race/ethnicity, gender, sexuality; Zempi, 2020). ...

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Police officer perceptions of diversity efforts: a disconnect between the goals and the methods
Discrimination in the Ranks: An Empirical Study with Recommendations
  • Citing Article
  • September 2001

Police Quarterly