Doing gender and professional identity: inclusion and exclusion of female civilians in criminal investigations

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Figure 1. Framework for Analysis (Based on Shore et al., 2011).

Table 1. Key themes for the categories of inclusion, assimilation, differentiation, and exclusion.

KEY THEMES	Incl.	Ass.	Diff.	Excl.
HIGH BELONGINGNESS
Civilian CIs are self-evident parts of the work group	X	X
Civilian CIs are appreciated	X	X
Police and civilian CIs work together	X
Civilian CIs gain acceptance when resembling police CIs		X
LOW BELONGINGNESS
Negative attitudes against civilian CIs			X	X
Esperit de corps as a barrier for civilian CIs			X
Division between police and civilian CIs				X
Devaluation of female civilian CIs (gender)				X
A macho jargon (gender)				X
HIGH UNIQUENESS
Civilian CIs contribute competencies	X
Civilian CIs are capable	X		X
Police CIs learn from civilian CIs	X
Civilian CIs prove their knowledge and then pass the test			X
Civilian CIs establish careers			X
LOW UNIQUENESS
Civilian CIs try to appear like warranted police CIs and blend in		X
Civilian CIs maintain a low profile		X		X
Civilian CIs lack the right competencies for work		X		X
A strong opposition to civilian CIs				X

Incl = Inclusion, Ass = Assimilation, Diff = Differentiation, Excl = Exclusion.

Shore, L.M., et al., 2011. Inclusion and diversity in work groups: a review and model for future research. Journal of management, 37 (4), 1262–1289.

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