Gender diversity in policing has never been more important than it is today. However, women in state law enforcement are the least noticeable and most underrepresented of all women in policing. Using data from the Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) surveys, this study examines gender diversity across the 49 primary state law enforcement agencies in the United States between 2000 and 2016. Although representation varies broadly across the states, the findings are mostly negative and suggest that women in state law enforcement have remained stagnant over the past two decades with very little improvement. This is important because scholarship must continue to bring attention to the underrepresentation of women in law enforcement, regardless of intergovernmental level, and monitor its progress.

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国家执法中的女性：探索性趋势分析

警务领域的性别多样性从未像今天这样重要。然而，在所有警务女性中，州执法部门中的女性是最不引人注目且代表性最弱的。使用来自执法管理和行政统计 (LEMAS) 调查的数据，本研究检查了 2000 年至 2016 年间美国 49 个主要州执法机构的性别多样性。尽管各州的代表性差异很大，但调查结果大多是负面的并表明在过去的二十年里，州执法部门的女性一直停滞不前，几乎没有改善。这一点很重要，因为无论政府间级别如何，学术研究都必须继续关注女性在执法中的代表性不足，并监测其进展。