Stress and mental health among police personnel in relation to their gender, occupational status and housing

By Thakar Pooja

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,

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9055394629
• ISBN13: 9789055394623
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Techroot
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"