Gender, Age, and Victimization Status on Police Satisfaction: A Meta-Analysis

• In Event: Crime Victims and the Police

Abstract

Recent civil unrest as a response to police actions that are perceived to be inappropriate has raised concerns over civilian satisfaction with police. Many studies have been conducted to examine the influence of various factors on satisfaction with the police. However, there has been little effort to collectively examine “what we know” about police satisfaction outside of flawed narrative reviews. This study seeks to improve the knowledge and understanding of police satisfaction research by conducting a meta-analysis on gender, age, and victimization status’ impact on police satisfaction.

Authors

• Daniel Joseph Lytle, Ball State University

• Philip Bolger, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania