TY  - JOUR
AB  - The use of defined minimum body height standards for police officers was analyzed for all countries of the European Union and some European non-EU countries. More than 50 % of the countries of the European Union defined minimum height requirements for police officers.
However, the variation of such requirements within Europe is quite high. Cut-offs range from 152 cm in Belgium to 170 cm in Greece, Malta and Romania. The majority of countries defined gender-specific cut-off values, few countries such as Germany showed no uniform practice because each federal state defined its own height standards. In all countries the defined cut-off values are not the result of scientific evaluation.
AU  - Kirchengast, Sylvia
DO  - 10.7396/IE_2011_E
ET  - 3/2013
KW  - minimum body height standards
police officers
study
international comparison
european countries
gender-specific cut-off values
cut-off values

L1  - http://www.bmi.gv.at/cms/BMI_SIAK/4/2/1/ie2011/files/Kirchengast_IE_2011.pdf
LA  - eng
PY  - 2011
SN  - 1813-3495
SP  - 52-61
ST  - Minimum body height requirements for police officers – an international comparison
T2  - SIAK-Journal − Journal for Police Science and Practice
TI  - Minimum body height requirements for police officers – an international comparison
UR  - http://www.bmi.gv.at/cms/BMI_SIAK/4/2/1/ie2011/files/Kirchengast_IE_2011.pdf
VL  - 1
ID  - 414
ER  -