NCJ Number
32250
Date Published
1976
Length
141 pages
Annotation
THIS TEXT IDENTIFIES THE PRESSURES INVOLVED IN POLICE WORK AND DISCUSSES THE RESULTING NEGATIVE EFFECTS THESE STRESSES HAVE ON THE POLICE OFFICER'S HEALTH, HOME LIFE, PERSONALITY, AND JOB PERFORMANCE.
Abstract
TO DEMONSTRATE THE EXTEND OF THESE PRESSURES ON POLICEMEN, THE STRESSORS HAVE BEEN DIVIDED INTO TWO CATEGORIES: THOSE WHICH OTHER HIGH STRESS OCCUPATIONS MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE, AND THOSE WHICH ARE ENTIRELY UNIQUE TO POLICE OFFICERS. THESE ARE EXPLORED IN DEPTH AS TO CAUSES, EFFECTS AND POSSIBLE REMEDIES. A SEPARATE CHAPTER IS PRESENTED ON THE STRESSORS WHICH HIGHER ECHELON OFFICERS (THE LIEUTENANT, THE CAPTAIN, OR EVEN THE CHIEF) MAY FACE. THE CONCLUDING CHAPTER TO THIS BOOK EXAMINES JUST WHAT CAN BE DONE TO REDUCE THE OVERPOWERING STRESSES ON THE POLICEMAN, AND HOW HE CAN BETTER COPE WITH THOSE STRESSES THAT CANNOT BE ELIMINATED. THE AUTHOR EMPHASIZES THAT MANY OF THE STRESSORS FOUND IN POLICE WORK NEED NOT EXIST; THEY ARE NOT INHERENT IN THE NATURE OF POLICE WORK AND CAN BE ALLEVIATED. A THREE-PAGE LIST OF REFERENCES AND AN ALPHABETICAL INDEX ARE PROVIDED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT) (SNI ABSTRACT)