OFFICER STRESS AWARENESS - EXTERNALIZING PROBLEMS

• NCJ Number: 38484
• Author(s): G L KIRKHAM
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 0 pages
• Corporate Author: Calvin Laboratories
• Sale Source: Harper and Row Media
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: 22 MINUTES, 16MM COLOR, 1976 4-PAGE DISCUSSION GUIDELINES COMPLETE SERIES ALSO AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE.

Annotation

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH REVEALS THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT IS ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S MOST STRESSFUL OCCUPATIONS IN TERMS OF ITS OVERALL IMPACT ON THE INDIVIDUAL OFFICIAL'S PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH, AS WELL AS HIS PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS.

Abstract

THIS THREE-PART FILM SERIES IS DESIGNED TO FOCUS THE ATTENTION OF BOTH PRE-SERVICE AND IN-SERVICE POLICE PERSONNEL ON SOME OF THE MAJOR SOURCES OF STRESS IN THEIR PROFESSION. IN ADDITION, THE FILMS ARE INTENDED TO SERVE AS A CATALYST STIMULATING GROUP DISCUSSION OF THE WIDE VARIETY OF STRESS SITUATIONS WHICH COMMONLY ARISE IN THE COURSE OF ROUTINE PATROL WORK. THE LAST IN THE SERIES, THIS FILM EXAMINES SOME OF THE MENTAL DEFENSE MECHANISMS UTILIZED BY PATROL OFFICERS TO COPE WITH PRESSURES INHERENT TO THEIR JOB. SHOWN IS THE USE OF REACTION FORMATION (OFFICER DENIAL OF THEIR REAL EMOTIONS); OVERLY AGGRESSIVE, 'BADGE-HEAVY' BEHAVIOR; CALLOUS, IMPERSONAL ATTITUDES; HUMOR; AND DISPLACED AGGRESSION TO HANDLE THE CONSTANT BARRAGE OF PROBLEM SITUATIONS CONFRONTED DAILY BY INDIVIDUAL OFFICERS. FOR THE OTHER TWO FILMS IN THE SERIES, SEE NCJ-38482 AND 83. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)