[수당 해외학자 초청 콜로키움 #13] Making Police Officers Responsive to Women in Gender Segregated Societies

• 일시: 2022년 4월 28일 (목요일) 오후 5:30
• 강연자: Sarah Khan (Yale University)
• 주관: 고려대학교 정치외교학과, 평화와 민주주의연구소

2022년  4월 28일 고려대학교 정치외교학과와 평화와 민주주의의 연구소는 Sarah Khan 교수를 초청하여 제13회 수당 해외학자 초청 콜로키움을 개최하였습니다. 콜로키움에서 저자는 <Making Police Officers Responsive to Women in Gender Segregated Societies> 제목의 논문을 발표하였습니다.

발표논문 초록: How can we make bureaucracies more responsive to women in gender-segregated societies? We study this question through a field experiment evaluating a community policing intervention in Pakistan. 150 police beats were randomly assigned to execute two different community policing models. Both models included community forums and follow-up planning, but a gender-responsive version also included women-only forums, and integrated women police officers into planning. Drawing on descriptive evidence, we demonstrate how two relevant forms of segregation: physical gender-based segregation in public spaces, and gender based occupational segregation within the police force, exclude women from the gains of the ostensibly “gender-neutral” model, and shape the design choices for a “gender responsive” version. In keeping with these norms of segregation, the gender responsive model combines a “separate spaces” or “enclaves” approach at the level of community forums, with an integration-based approach at the level of the police. We find that open forums in this context operate as de-facto male spaces and do not prioritize gender-based violence, while women-only forums do. In beats assigned to the gender-responsive model, male and female police officers’ beliefs about citizens’ prioritization of gender-based violence, as well as their own prioritization of such violence as a top concern improves. We find evidence for the persistence of these effects. We draw on semi-structured interviews with police officers to explore mechanisms for this attitudinal change. Our findings demonstrate how context-specific norms can constrain the design of gender-equalizing reforms, as well as the promise of lasting gains when reforms are designed taking such norms seriously.