This paper provides a comparative empirical examination of integration in twenty major city police agencies over a 14-year time period. The data indicate that in these twenty agencies, obvious and measurable progress toward affirmative action goals has been realized. Nonetheless, nonwhites as agroup are still underrepresented by about 50o%, Hacks are underrepresented about 67%, and females are underrepresented by about 85%.
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