RT Article
T1 Police officers, mental (ill-)health and spoiled identity
JF Criminology & criminal justice
VO 18
IS 2
SP 173
OP 189
A1 Bullock, Karen 1976-
A2 Garland, Jon 1967-
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1741297605
AB This article considers the processes through which some police officers with mental ill-health experience stigmatization in police organizations. Situated in the sociological framework of Goffman and in modified labelling theory, it draws on the findings of a qualitative study and examines the sources of stigma embedded in police work, the consequences of stigma for the labelled officer, the nature of any resistance to the application of the label and approaches to challenging stigma within the policing context. It suggests that in order to tackle these negative attitudes constabularies must do more to address the processes of stigmatization associated with mental ill-health at the individual and institutional levels.
K1 Labelling
K1 Mental health
K1 Police occupational cultures
K1 Police officers
K1 Stigma
DO 10.1177/1748895817695856