1. Multilevel Influences on Police Stress.
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Morash, Merry, Haarr, Robin, and Kwak, Dae-Hoon
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POLICE stress , *PSYCHOLOGICAL stress , *WORK environment , *PERFORMANCE standards , *CRIMINAL justice personnel ,WORK & psychology - Abstract
The article presents information on the occupational stress faced by police officers that affect their work performance physically and psychologically. The workplace problem explanation of stress is concluded to be the token status in an organization and community conditions and lack of support from colleagues and family. In addition to the given reason, token racial, ethical and gender status in the demographic mix of the department could also provide exposition for stress beyond what can be estimated from workplace problems alone.
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- 2006
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