Occupational stress and attitudes toward misconduct in law enforcement: The moderating role of organizational justice

Lawson, Spencer G.; Wolfe, Scott E.; Rojek, Jeff; Alpert, Geoffrey P.

doi:10.1080/15614263.2021.1946395

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“…Co-worker support ( n = 10) was the most frequently identified organizational factor that facilitated PSP mental health [ 26 , 37 , 39 , 43 , 45 , 46 , 49 , 75 , 77 , 85 ]. Supervisor support ( n = 8) was the second most common positive organizational factor identified [ 23 , 39 , 45 , 47 , 49 , 62 , 66 , 85 ]. Four studies listed autonomy as an organizational factor that promotes PSP mental health [ 45 , 83 , 84 ], while adequate training [ 39 , 43 , 46 ] and workplace culture [ 23 , 60 , 62 ] were included in three studies.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Four studies listed autonomy as an organizational factor that promotes PSP mental health [ 45 , 83 , 84 ], while adequate training [ 39 , 43 , 46 ] and workplace culture [ 23 , 60 , 62 ] were included in three studies. Access to mental health specialists [ 39 , 48 ] and good leadership [ 52 , 66 ] were organizational facilitators included in two different studies. For example, correctional workers who accessed ongoing treatment achieved and maintained mental wellness [ 48 ].…”

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Organizational Factors and Their Impact on Mental Health in Public Safety Organizations

Edgelow

Scholefield

McPherson

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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Public safety personnel (PSP), including correctional officers, firefighters, paramedics, and police officers, have higher rates of mental health conditions than other types of workers. This scoping review maps the impact of organizational factors on PSP mental health, reviewing applicable English language primary studies from 2000–2021. JBI methodology for scoping reviews was followed. After screening, 97 primary studies remained for analysis. Police officers (n = 48) were the most frequent population studied. Correctional officers (n = 27) and paramedics (n = 27) were the second most frequently identified population, followed by career firefighters (n = 20). Lack of supervisor support was the most frequently cited negative organizational factor (n = 23), followed by negative workplace culture (n = 21), and lack of co-worker support (n = 14). Co-worker support (n = 10) was the most frequently identified positive organizational factor, followed by supervisor support (n = 8) and positive workplace culture (n = 5). This scoping review is the first to map organizational factors and their impact on PSP mental health across public safety organizations. The results of this review can inform discussions related to organizational factors, and their relationship to operational and personal factors, to assist in considering which factors are the most impactful on mental health, and which are most amenable to change.

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Organizational Factors and Their Impact on Mental Health in Public Safety Organizations

Edgelow

Scholefield

McPherson

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IJERPH

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“…Higher perceptions of organizational fairness are associated with fewer "noble cause corruption" and "code-of-silence" beliefs, which are belief systems associated with police misconduct (S. E. Wolfe & Piquero, 2011). Recent work demonstrates that high levels of perceived fairness amongst officers reduced endorsement of noble-cause corruption, and organizational justice moderated the link between high workload and noble-cause corruption beliefs (Lawson et al, 2021). In other words, treating officers fairly within the organizational context helped protect against the adverse consequences of overwork, and is associated with officers behaving more justly, and treating citizens more fairly.…”

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“…Officers are subject to high levels of workplace stress, including high workloads and burnout (McCarty et al, 2019). High levels of perceived fairness in the police workplace dampens the adverse effects of high workload (Lawson et al, 2021). The goal of enhancing organizational justice perceptions serves the goals of most police reform.…”

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“…Officers with higher levels of perceived fairness also faced fewer complaints from civilians, fewer internal affairs investigations, and fewer disciplinary charges when they were referred for investigation (S. E. Wolfe & Piquero, 2011). Those officers are also less likely to endorse noble-cause corruption beliefs (Lawson et al, 2021), which can undermine reform policies.…”

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Modeling Officer Perceptions of Body-worn Cameras: A National Survey

Adams¹

2022

Preprint

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Body-worn cameras (BWCs) are a permanent, though not well understood, feature of modern US policing. As a technological solution to the perception that officers use force too often, BWCs have not fared well. This dissertation sidesteps questions of effectiveness, however, and instead investigates how the cameras are perceived by officers, and how variations in BWC policies affect perceptions of monitoring fairness. To do so, I use a national probability sample of officers (n = 529) drawn from a stratified sample of agencies across the United States.Theoretically, I draw primarily from two literatures. First, from the organizational psychology literature, which is where the vast majority of research on the individual-level effects of electronic workplace surveillance has been done. Second, I draw on the organizationaljustice literature, specifically elements related to how criminal justice employees form judgements of fairness regarding their workplace treatment. The results show how policy variation in BWC activation and footage review affect officer perceptions of fairnessboth on their own and interactively.

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Psychische Belastungen im Polizeiberuf: COPS – Ein Online-Suizidpräventionsprogramm für Polizistinnen und Polizisten

Hofmann¹,

Wagner²

2023

Handbuch Polizeimanagement

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Occupational stress and attitudes toward misconduct in law enforcement: The moderating role of organizational justice

Cited by 14 publications

References 83 publications

Organizational Factors and Their Impact on Mental Health in Public Safety Organizations

Organizational Factors and Their Impact on Mental Health in Public Safety Organizations

Modeling Officer Perceptions of Body-worn Cameras: A National Survey

Psychische Belastungen im Polizeiberuf: COPS – Ein Online-Suizidpräventionsprogramm für Polizistinnen und Polizisten

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