Women in Small-Town Policing

Bartol, Curt R.; Bergen, George T.; Volckens, Julie; Knoras, Kathleen M.

doi:10.1177/0093854892019003003

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“…For example, Kurtz (2008) reported stress was significantly associated to making violent arrests for female officers but not male officers, while association to a victim or offender was a significant stressor for men but not for female officers. Furthermore, Bartal et al (1992) reported female officers experienced significantly more stress than their male colleagues when faced with incidents relating to tragedy or danger.…”

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The prevalence of depression, anxiety, stress and their relationship to length of service in the UK police force

Gullon-Scott

Longstaff

2022

The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles

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Policing is considered a highly stressful role, and police officers are at risk of mental health issues during their service. This is an area which has gained increasing attention in recent years, but further research, using validated measures, is needed to help identify other factors that are important and ensure further development as well as evidence-based, bespoke intervention. The current study sought to explore the general prevalence of stress, depression and anxiety in a UK sample of police officers, to examine whether length of service moderates the effects of stress, depression and anxiety, and whether certain personality traits protect against these. A self-report questionnaire was completed by 177 serving UK police officers from 10 different regions. Results revealed clinical levels of anxiety and depression, and comorbid presentations of major depression and anxiety, at rates significantly higher than reported in the general population. Results indicated officers are most at risk of experiencing stress during the first 15 years of their service, and that officers’ stress was organisational rather than trauma related. Additionally, officers higher in traits of extraversion and lower in neuroticism reported lower anxiety. The results of these findings are discussed, and suggestions have been made based on the current findings.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 98%

The prevalence of depression, anxiety, stress and their relationship to length of service in the UK police force

Gullon-Scott

Longstaff

2022

The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles

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“…This is consistent with the findings of Violanti et al (2016) that female officers reported a higher rate of stress than males to events involving tragedy or danger. Also, Bartol et al (1992) found in their study that the stressors experienced were the same in the male and female officers except for those stressors related to police operation, where the women reported more stress in facing tragedy and the occasions associated with a responsibility for the safety of the citizens and their colleagues. This finding is in line with our results on higher stress in relation to significant others in female police officers.…”

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Work-related Stress in Relation to Gender-based and Sexual Harassment Among a Group of Swedish Police Officers

Rostami

Burman

Ghazinour

et al. 2023

NJSP

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In this cross-sectional study, we investigated work-related stress, gender-based and sexual harassment among police officers working in vulnerable areas in Stockholm. Data were collected from 152 police officers using a set of questionnaires. The results indicated that job stress in "impact on significant others" and "operational stress" were reported as the two most highly rated work-related stress in police officers. Female police officers rated higher stress in "impact on significant others" and "operational stress" compared to their male counterparts. Job experience was correlated with two stress subscales only in female officers. Working as patrol officers and more than one shift were negatively associated with some stress subscales among male officers. The male officers who had experience of sexual harassment reported higher "self-image" stress and "operational stress", whereas the female officers had higher "self-image" and "confrontation with death" stress. After controlling for gender and job experience, sexual harassment had a significant relationship with "operational stress" and "self-image stress" in police officers.

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“…On the other hand, Bartol et al (1992) argue that although the sources of stress are basically the same for men and women, the latter are more vulnerable to stressors linked to tragedies, safety of the public and their professional colleagues. However, He et al (2002) study indicates that women have better coping mechanisms for depression.…”

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Is It Because You Don’t Want to? A Content Analysis of Police Executive Leaders’ Perceptions of Policewomen’s Careers in Europe

Rubio

Hinestroza

López³

2021

Front. Psychol.

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The impediments and barriers that women face in entering and developing a police career have received relatively little attention from researchers. As of today in Europe, despite the slow progress, the 25% barrier to female representation has already been overcome in several countries. However, many areas remain closed to women within police organizations. In this context, research was conducted based on a content analysis of the perceptions of 56 police officers, 28 men and 28 women with considerable police experience, occupying executive leadership positions from a total of 26 European countries. Data was collected through a questionnaire composed of 23 open questions. The results show a considerable gap between the perceptions of male and female police executive leaders with regard to access, career development and workplace conditions faced by policepersons. According to the results, the mirage of equality, dominant in the view of male police officers, is a major barrier to achieving real equality, both horizontally and vertically. What implications these results have on the strategies that police organizations should follow to achieve the challenge of inclusion are discussed, and new ways of analysis are proposed.

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Women in Small-Town Policing

Cited by 52 publications

References 6 publications

The prevalence of depression, anxiety, stress and their relationship to length of service in the UK police force

The prevalence of depression, anxiety, stress and their relationship to length of service in the UK police force

Work-related Stress in Relation to Gender-based and Sexual Harassment Among a Group of Swedish Police Officers

Is It Because You Don’t Want to? A Content Analysis of Police Executive Leaders’ Perceptions of Policewomen’s Careers in Europe

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