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Do Organizational and Critical Incident Stress Vary Between Races in Law Enforcement?

Repasky, Gary R.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1464796461

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2016, Master of Science in Criminal Justice, Youngstown State University, Department of Criminal Justice and Consumer Sciences.
Prior research has found that law enforcement officers are involved in various forms of stress, two of which are categorized as organizational and critical incident stressors. Since the 1940s, the theory of representative bureaucracy has suggested that minorities benefit organizations by using their diverse backgrounds to better handle situations. There is inadequate research assessing these two forms of stress between Caucasian and minority law enforcement officers. This study examines the research question if African American law enforcement officers perceive more or less stress than their non-minority counterparts. Using the data setPolice Stress and Domestic Violence in Police Families in Baltimore, Maryland (1997-1999), results show that Blacks do not have more stress overall. In addition, they also have less psychological symptoms of stress compared to White officers.
Richard Rogers, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Christopher Bellas, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Gordon Frissora, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
62 p.
African Americans; Minority and Ethnic Groups; Psychology; Sociology
police, race, stress, burnout

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  • Repasky, G. R. (2016). Do Organizational and Critical Incident Stress Vary Between Races in Law Enforcement? [Master's thesis, Youngstown State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1464796461

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Repasky, Gary. Do Organizational and Critical Incident Stress Vary Between Races in Law Enforcement? 2016. Youngstown State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1464796461.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Repasky, Gary. "Do Organizational and Critical Incident Stress Vary Between Races in Law Enforcement?" Master's thesis, Youngstown State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1464796461

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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