Stress in small town and rural law enforcement: Testing the assumptions

Sandy and Devine (1978) theorized that small-town and rural police officers experienced Stressors different from their urban counterparts. They delineated four rural stress dimensions: security, social factors, working conditions, and inactivity. Despite the number of hypotheses annunciated by these...

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Autores principales: Oliver, Willard M. (Autor) ; Meier, Cecil “Andy” (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2004
En: American journal of criminal justice
Año: 2004, Volumen: 29, Número: 1, Páginas: 37-56
Acceso en línea: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Palabras clave:
Stress Training
Police Discretion
Police Stress
Urban Counterpart
Police Officer
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Sumario:Sandy and Devine (1978) theorized that small-town and rural police officers experienced Stressors different from their urban counterparts. They delineated four rural stress dimensions: security, social factors, working conditions, and inactivity. Despite the number of hypotheses annunciated by these authors from their exposure to small-town and rural police, they have never been tested. This study is an attempt to rectify this deficiency in the literature by testing their theory/hypotheses with data derived from a survey questionnaire of West Virginia law enforcement officers. The findings of this study lend support for many of the original hypotheses and all four of the dimensions.
ISSN:1936-1351
DOI:10.1007/BF02885703