Using Videos to Enhance Awareness of Sexism and Misogyny among Police Recruits .

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Abstract

Recent British Governmental Reports, such as the Baroness Casey Review and the Operation Hotton Report have highlighted a culture of sexism and misogyny operating within the Metropolitan Police, based in London, UK. This presentation will highlight the findings of primary research, conducted with police recruits from England and Wales, enrolled on an Initial Police Training Course.
The research aims to identify levels of understanding around sexism and misogyny, among police recruits as participants of the study and to analyse the effectiveness of video, in facilitating education around these matters.
The research is longitudinal in design and involves the distribution of three online questionnaires, which will be completed by the participants, as part of their Initial Training Course. The questionnaires, will be completed before and after a training video, based upon sexism and misogyny and which has been specifically created for use in this research, is shown to the participants.

The hypothesis is, that the participants general understanding of sexism and misogyny will be poor. However, the training video will be an effective resource in facilitating education around these matters.

Author

• Allison Jayne Turner, University of South Wales