EMOTIONAL HAZARDS OF POLICE WORK

• NCJ Number: 16781
• Journal: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOANALYSIS Volume: 30 Issue: 2 Dated: (UNDATED) Pages: 155-160
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: Unknown
• Length: 6 pages
• Corporate Author: Assoc for Advancement of Psychoanalysis
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: REPRINT

Annotation

AN EXAMINATION OF COMMON PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PERSONALITY TRAITS OF POLICEMEN AND OF THE RELATIONSHIP OF THOSE TRAITS TO THE STRESSES OF POLICE WORK.

Abstract

STRESSES ARE CONSIDERED IN TWO CATEGORIES: STRESS DUE TO THE NATURE OF POLICE WORK, AND STRESS AS A RESULT OF THE NATURE OF THE QUASI-MILITARY POLICE ORGANIZATION. THE TYPE OF POLICE APPLICANT OFTEN SOUGHT AFTER BY POLICE DEPARTMENTS IS ALSO DISCUSSED. OBSERVATIONS ARE DRAWN LARGELY FROM THE AUTHOR'S EXPERIENCE AS A POLICEMAN AND POLICE PSYCHIATRIC CONSULTANT.