Stress Inside Police Departments: How the Organization Creates Stress and Performance Problems in Police Officers

ISBN-13: 9780367276713 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 144 str.

Jon M. Shane

Opis

This book offers researchers, police practitioners, and policymakers a platform for organizational reform and an understanding of how the police organization creates stress, which contributes to reduced officer performance.

Spis treści

Chapter 1: Police Stress in Today’s World

A Look at the Problem

Differentiating Stressors in Policing

What Previous Studies Generally Reveal about Occupational Stress

Implications of Organizational Stress

Why This Study Matters

Framework for the Study

Chapter 2: What Methods Should We Use to Research Police Stress?

Overview of the Research Design

Research Questions

Data Sources, Instruments and Validation

Measures

Site Description and Selection

Chapter 3: Stress in Policing: Where Does it Come From?

A Model of Occupational Stress Applied to Police Organizations

Organizational Antecedents to Stress

Stressors in Organizational Life

Perception and Cognition: The Appraisal Process

Properties of the Person as Stress Mediators

Properties of the Situation as Stress Mediators

Responses to Stress

Consequences of Stress

What is Police Performance and What Does it Look Like?

Chapter 4: Stress in Policing: What Does it Lead to?

The Officers

A Look at What the Data Tells Us

Chapter 5: Stress in Police Work: What Does the Future Hold?

Policy Implications

Limitations of the Study

Future Police Stress Research

Where Does This Leave Us?

REFERENCES

INDEX

O autorze

Jon M. Shane is an Associate Professor in the Department of Law, Police Science, and Criminal Justice Administration at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Dr. Shane has published in leading criminal justice and policing journals, including Crime Science, Journal of Criminal Justice, Justice Quarterly, Policing: An International Journal of Strategies and Management, and Police Practice and Research. Dr. Shane can be reached at jshane@jjay.cuny.edu.