Analysis of Minorities (African Americans, Hispanics, American Indian, Etc. & Women) Employed in Police Departments as Full Time Police Officers in the United States
This fifteen-page undergraduate paper examines the issue of minorities in police departments across the United States. The author discusses the history of minorities and women in law enforcement, examines police department racial diversity statistics, analyzes the influence of Affirmative Action in law enforcement, and measures its affect on minority communities.