SOC 3750 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Sex And The Law, Shift Work, Subculture
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Is policing stressful: government (pendleton et al. 1989: not the most stressful, top three most stressful jobs. Government employees, police, and firefighters: types of stress ex. Acute stress when someone scares you not knowing a question on an answer. Chronic more serious, takes a long time to grow, consequences on your health are more severe: policing involves acute (ex. Out of the ordinary, apprehend someone) and chronic (ex. Daily grind of bureaucratic nonsense they deal with over the course of their career) Stress in sociological context: variability by rank, location, gender, task etc. Violanti and aron (1995: organizational vs. inherent stressors. Organizational stem from the actual organization or administration of the police department, the office politics, everyday interactions. Inherent stem from the act of policing, ex. Lo(cid:449)er le(cid:448)els (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause the(cid:455)"re retiring soon, less workload, more likely to do be doing desk work than patrol. Exposure to ptsd, mental illness: community policing officers.
