Date

12-19-2024

Department

School of Behavioral Sciences

Degree

Doctor of Education in Community Care and Counseling (EdD)

Chair

Richard Stratton

Keywords

female police officer, parenting, police culture, policing, gender inequality

Disciplines

Counseling

Abstract

This qualitative transcendental phenomenological study was to explore the lived experiences of female police officers with children in rural Georgia. For years, women have been proving themselves in this profession only to face gender inequality, discrimination, harassment including physical, emotional, and sexual, and skepticism from the community. Despite these barriers, females have achieved high-ranking positions in local and state agencies and federal law enforcement. This achievement has come with a price that could impact how the female officer parents her children. Several studies have been conducted on a variety of factors impacting the female police officer, such as rank, position, pay, and well-being, but limited research on how factors such as police culture, trauma exposure, and gender inequality impact her parenting styles. Also, in these various studies, larger metropolitan agencies were the focus. This study used interviews with female police officers from three different rural departments with the factors of police culture, gender inequality, and trauma exposure to discover if her parenting styles were impacted. Results were collected and run through the ATLAS software, where themes and concepts were discussed and documented, as well as limitations to this study were addressed as further research reasons and future suggestions for assisting with the impact of these factors.

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