THE MORAL AND ETHICS OF FEMALE POLICE OFFICERS

Authors

  • Sunee KANYAJIT Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Mahidol University, Thailand
  • Suppakorn POONYARITH Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Mahidol University, Thailand
  • Patcharapan NAKPONG School of Law and Politic, Suan Dusit University, Thailand
  • Natthapon SOKANTAT Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Mahidol University, Thailand
  • Korkieat LIMWONGSAKUL Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Mahidol University, Thailand

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14456/ijclsi.2023.3

Keywords:

Satisfaction of People, Moral, Ethics, Female Police Officer, Gender

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to study the satisfaction of people towards the moral and ethics of female police officers. The method used in this research was a quantitative study with 6,120 samples by quota sampling to determine the sample size of 68 people from 1 police station. Then, the stratified random sampling was used that the samples were selected from all over the country. The research instrument was the questionnaire with the reliability of .8778. The statistics used for data analysis were descriptive statistics including frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation as well as t-test. The results of this research indicated that the score of overall satisfaction of people towards the moral and ethics of female police officers was 8.11 (81.05%). Furthermore, the comparison of opinions regarding satisfaction of people towards the moral and ethics of female police officers showed that variables of residential characteristics and perceptions regarding female police officers' performance of people had a statistically significant difference at 0.01.

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2023-08-31

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Kanyajit, S., Poonyarith, S., Nakpong, P., Sokantat, N., & Limwongsakul, K. (2023). THE MORAL AND ETHICS OF FEMALE POLICE OFFICERS. Asian Crime and Society Review, 10(1), 22–31. https://doi.org/10.14456/ijclsi.2023.3

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Vol. 10 No. 1 (2023): International Journal of Crime, Law and Social Issues

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