Download or read book Stress and Mental Health Among Police Personnel in Relation to Their Gender Occupational Status and Housing written by Thakar Pooja and published by Techroot. This book was released on 2022-07-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction: Police employees' works are totally different to other employees. They deal directly with people who is either victim or criminal. Stress in police officers and other law enforcement personnel is an inspiring area for the researchers. Law enforcement is constantly identified as one of the most stressful occupations (Burke, 1994; Carlier, Lamberts & Gersons, 1997; Kirkcaldy et al., 1995; Norvell et al., 1993). Violanti said in his research, 'policing is a psychologically stressful work environment filled with danger, high demands, ambiguity in work encounters, human misery and exposure to death." Working in police department is totally different experience. Stress level is high in police job Compare to other occupation. Police officers face many dangers in their routing job life. Constantly, police being faced unknow and the unpredictable situation. they faced dangers like death, increase risk of infectious diseases, serious and minor trauma, both physical and emotional. police officers all time deal with situation which is negative. Police often stressful. They experience witness violence and death. These stressful lives on police officers' physical and mental well-being and can accumulate over the course of career. Many research found that police officer struggle with alcohol abuse, depression, suicidal thoughts, PTSD, and other challenges. 1.2 Defining police officers: A police officer is a person who works for a police force. A police officer is employed by state/ provincial, federal or municipal governments. Police officers have responsibility of keeping the public peace. It's usually done by uniformed proactive patrolling within their jurisdiction looking for,
Download or read book Traumatic Stress in Police Officers written by Douglas Paton and published by Charles C Thomas Publisher. This book was released on 2009 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The objective of this book is to demonstrate how adopting a career perspective can provide a more comprehensive conceptualization of traumatic stress processes as they apply to police officers and agencies and provide a framework that can be used to guide research and intervention agenda in ways that reflect the changes that can occur over the course of a police career that can span decades. The book examines the nature and effectiveness of the police role in dealing with adverse events as they unfold within a career perspective. It begins with pre-employment experiences and their implications for operational well-being and concludes with a discussion of the implications of a police career for disengagement or retirement from this role. It draws upon empirical research to provide an evidence-based approach to traumatic stress risk management and well-being in contemporary policing. Based on state-of-the-art research, the book provides a framework that police agencies can use to develop their officers and their organizations in ways that enhance their capability to confront an increasingly uncertain future in ways that maximize the interests of front-line policing. Areas of discussion include incorporation of police trauma into a life-career course perspective; changing context and nature of police work; recruitment, selection, and socialization in the context of critical incident and terrorist work; changing gender balance; training in uncertain times; managing risk and vulnerability; organizational context; family dynamics; inter and intraorganizational teams; health and mental health; consequences of long-term exposure to hazards; and disengagement and retirement. The text will be of significant interest to police organizations and agencies whose officers face a high risk of experiencing disaster and traumatic stress, law enforcement managerial and supervisory personnel, human resource and health and safety professionals, and mental health professionals and consultants. The text will also be relevant to those researching traumatic stress, disaster stress, and emergency management as well as other protective services.
Download or read book On the Front Lines written by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Testimony from a Congressional hearing on police stress and how it affects the well-being of the officers, their families and their work, is presented in this document. An opening statement by Representative Patricia Schroeder is presented. Statements are included from Representatives Frank D. Riggs, George Miller, and Frank R. Wolf. Testimony and/or prepared statements from these individuals are included: (1) Beverly J. Anderson, clinical director/program administrator, the Metropolitan Police Employee Assistance Program, Washington, D.C.; (2) Anthony E. Daniels, assistant director, Training Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Quantico, Virginia; (3) Leanor Boulin Johnson, associate professor of family studies, Department of Family Resources and Human Development, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona; (4) Jeffrey A. King, officer and peer counselor coordinator, the Metropolitan Police Employee Assistance Program, Washington, D.C.; (5) James T. Reese, supervisory special agent, Assistant Unit Chief, Behavioral Science Services Unit, Training Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Quantico, Virginia; (6) Cathy Riggs, former police officer, Santa Rosa Police Department and wife of Representative Frank Riggs (former police officer), Santa Rosa, California; (7) Ellen Scrivner, director, Psychological Services Division, Prince George's County Police Department, Upper Marlboro, Maryland, and president elect, Division of Psychologists in Public Service, the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.;, (8) Gary W. Sommers, sergeant, training services, Prince George's County Police Department, Landover, Maryland, accompanied by Kay Sommers, Landover, Maryland; (9) Aristedes W. Zavaras, chief, Denver Police Department, Denver, Colorado; (10) Suzanne F. Sawyer, executive director, Concerns of Police Survivors, Upper Marlboro, Maryland; and (11) William K. Stover, police chief, Arlington County Police Department, Arlington, Virginia. (ABL)
Download or read book Occupation Under Siege written by John Violanti and published by Charles C Thomas Publisher. This book was released on 2021-09-29 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings to the forefront the realization that a successful police career involves not only surviving the danger involved in policing but also psychological survival. In this book, a mixed approach is employed that includes research and some practical suggestions from practitioners on how best to deal with the police health crisis. It is based on research associated with police mental health together with the subsequent effects on officers’ performance, physical health, and lifestyle. It begins by outlining the current challenges faced by police, including increased civil unrest, negative public reactions, and a biological siege brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and depression are reviewed and how these two conditions have been shown to promote negative health issues such as cardiovascular disease and gastrointestinal disorders, comorbid psychological conditions as well as suicide. Resilience is also discussed and its role in ameliorating stress. An overview of factors related to resilience is provided and some of the mechanisms that underpin resilience in police work are examined. Additionally, suggestions are made that may help police organizations foster resiliency in officers. The final chapter asks the question, “Where do we go from here?” The chapter discusses current legislation that will help police deal with the problem of psychological and physical health and suicide. Interventions discussed include the need for wellness programs, reducing stress through the police organization, peers support development, the use of mindfulness as a stress reduction strategy, PTSD mitigation, and reducing the fatigue health effects of shift work.
Download or read book Role of Stress and Some Personality Factors in Mental Health Among Police Personnel written by Manoj Kumar Singh and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Police function for enforcing law and maintaining order, ensuring life and property for citizens of the country and controlling crime and violence, which is linked to social service in modern democratic world. This entire responsibility mount on them heavy stress. Their personal life gets disturbed too, due to nature of their job, which is highly demanding. Life events and intrapsychic sources give rise to anxiety, frustrations and pressures in their lives. In recent years, rapid increase in negative incidences was observed in police organization, which not only affects police personnel, but hampers the organization also. Personality factors mediate between situational demands and their behaviour, which if negative, may lead to fatal consequences. So, it is relevant to investigate the various stresses and personality factors and its effects on mental health among police personnel as their psychological health is an emotion prerequisite of the society and state.Initial study has indicated presence of stress, negative personality factors and mental ill health.
Download or read book Suck it Up Buttercup written by Andreanne Angehrn and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Police officers are at higher risk for several different mental disorders relative to the general population, arguably due to the nature of their work. Women police officers report elevated mental disorders symptoms when compared to men police officers. Empirical research on which factors may be involved in the gender differences in police mental health is sparse and seldom gender balanced. The current explanatory sequential mixed methods research examined how the contrast in the experiences of men and women police officers may influence gender differences in mental disorder prevalence. Among surveyed Canadian police officers (1377; 36% women), women reported elevated symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder and general anxiety disorder relative to men, even when accounting for occupational stress, organizational stress, and social support. In contrast, men reported elevated symptoms of alcohol use disorder relative to women, even after accounting for risk factors. Women reported higher rates of social provisions, whereas men reported higher rates of organizational support. Police officers (17; 9 women) in Saskatchewan participated in semi-structured interviews. Thematic network analysis identified themes related to the experience of policing for both men and women police officers. Four global themes emerged, each encompassing several organizing themes: (1) Police Culture, (2) Gendered experiences, (3) Mental Health, and (4) Occupational Concerns. An overarching global theme - Gender and Mental Health among Police Officers highlights discrepancies in the experience of policing between men and women. Pervasive gender norms appear to be detrimental for both men and women police officers, as well as the communities they serve. The current results, coupled with the emerging disposition for progress expressed by police services, offer opportunities to develop tailored and focused interventions and policies in order to support the police officers.
Download or read book Police Trauma Loss and Resilience written by Konstantinos Papazoglou and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2022-07-05 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tired Cops written by Bryan Vila and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Work Stress and Coping Among Professionals written by Kwok B. Chan and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2007 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a large-scale survey, indepth interviews and comparative analyses, this book offers deep analyses of work stress and coping among seven professional groups: doctors, lawyers, engineers, nurses, teachers, police officers, and life insurance agents. The book makes practical recommendations for personal, organizational and societal intervention.
Download or read book Society s Victims the Police written by William H. Kroes and published by Charles C. Thomas Publisher. This book was released on 1985 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gender Variations of Physiological and Psychological Stress Among Police Officers written by Martin Gächter and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper analyses the effect of gender on reported and perceived levels of stress through examination of both the physical and psychological indicators. It may be interesting to work with police data due to high stress levels among police officers and the fact that the work environment is male dominant (females are a minority). In our study we not only explore gender differences, but also whether job and private environmental factors such as effective cooperation between units, a higher trust in the work partner, a higher level of work-life-balance and home stability, and a higher level of interactional fairness, affect female and male officers differently. Using multivariate regression analysis of police officers we find that female officers are significantly more likely to report suffering from physical stress indicators than their male counterparts while no gender differences are observable in regards to psychological stress. Moreover, a higher level of trust and cooperation, and a higher level of interactional fairness at work are not able to absorb physical stress among female, while these factors have a strong impact on male officers. On the other hand, for both, female and male officers, work-life balance and stability at home have the tendency of reducing physical stress.
Download or read book An Occupational Perspective of Health written by Ann Allart Wilcock and published by SLACK Incorporated. This book was released on 2006 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the relationship between occupation, health, and ill-health explores the occupational experience within populations and offers information critical to the practice of occupational therapy. Based on extensive studies of human history and occupation, the author takes a holistic approach of health in line with that of the World Health Organization, examining the necessity for occupational therapists and their role in promoting health and well-being for all people.
Download or read book Burnout written by Ayala Malakh-Pines and published by New York : Free Press. This book was released on 1981 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Coping with Occupational Stress for Police Personnel and Their Spouses written by Kaur Manpreet and published by Seeken. This book was released on 2022-09-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: OCCUPATIONAL STRESS The occupational stress is known to the situations which characteristics of the events related to the workplace lead to individuals' ill health and even welfare. These environmental job situations are often consideredas stressors and the employees' reactions have been labeled strains. One of the basic issues in the occupational stress domain concerns coping ways in which the individual can attempt to deal with the job stressors to ward off the aversive strains. The reseach upon occupational stress is on growing phase while (Beehr, 1987), knowledge about coping with stressful work has lagged by comparison. Indeed we need a empirical and theoretical literature for coping of stress, Even in that more extensive literature, there is no clear agreement regarding the types of activities that constitute coping (Dewe and Guest, 1990, Kessler, Price and Wortman, 1985; Kuhlmann, 1990). In astudy Kessler et al., stated that in the life stress research literature there have only been a handful of studies of coping and stress conducted with 'normal' populations (as opposed to clinical populations). Regarding coping with general life stress, 'despite the enthusiasm and interest that have been shown for the construct of coping, we have just barely begun to scratch the surface' (Kessler et al., 1985, p. 559). Regarding coping with occupationalstress, we know even less at present, due to minimal rigorous research (Havlovic and Keenan, 1991; Latack and Havlovic, 1992). Studies utilizing work stress variables and family variables, both reported by the employee, have becon somewhat common (e.g. Burke, 1988; Burke, Shearer and Deszca, 1984). The many occupational stress studies in the past have not usually focused upon the on-duty and off-duty stress. Payne, Jick and Burke (1982) and Brief and Atieh (1987), for example, have alluded specifically to a needed research focus on the,
Download or read book Relationship Between Psychological Well being and Attitudes Towards Work and Job Performance in Police Personnel written by Mahalakshmi M and published by . This book was released on 2022-11-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Policing and Mental Health written by John McDaniel and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-02-25 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the relationship between policing and mental health. Police services around the world are innovating at pace in order to develop solutions to the problems presented, and popular models are being shared internationally. Nevertheless, disparities and perceptions of unfairness remain commonplace. Innovations remain poorly funded and largely unproven. Drawing together the insights of eminent academics in the UK, the US, Australia and South Africa, the edited collection evaluates the condition of mental health and policing as an interlocked policy area, uncovering and addressing a number of key issues which are shaping police responses to mental health. Due to a relative lack of academic texts pertaining to developments in England and Wales, the volume contains a distinct section on relevant policies and practices. It also includes sections on US and Australian approaches, focusing on Crisis Intervention Teams (CITs), Mental Health Intervention Teams (MHITs), stressors and innovations from Boston in the US to Queensland in Australia. Written in a clear and direct style, this book will appeal to students and scholars in policing, criminology, sociology, mental health, cultural studies, social theory and those interested in learning about the condition and trajectory of police responses to mental health.
Download or read book Organizational Stress Around the World written by Kajal A. Sharma and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-01-28 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stress is defined as a feeling experienced when a person perceives that demands exceed the personal and social resources the individual is able to mobilize. It can occur due to environmental issues, such as a looming work deadline, or psychological, for example, persistent worry about familial problems. While the acute response to life-threatening circumstances can be life-saving, research reveals that the body’s stress response is largely similar when it reacts to less threatening but chronically present stressors such as work overload, deadline pressures and family conflicts. It is proffered that chronic activation of stress response in the body can lead to several pathological changes such as elevated blood pressure, clogging of blood vessels, anxiety, depression, and addiction. Organizational Stress Around the World: Research and Practice aims to present a sound theoretical and empirical basis for understanding the evolving and changing nature of stress in contemporary organizations. It presents research that expands theory and practice by addressing real-world issues, across cultures and by providing multiple perspectives on organizational stress and research relevant to different occupational settings and cultures. Personal, occupational, organizational, and societal issues relevant to stress identification along with management techniques/approach to confront stress and its associated problems at individual and organizational level are also explored. It will be of value to researchers, academics, practitioners, and students interested in stress management research.
