NCJ Number
38486
Date Published
1976
Length
0 pages
Annotation
SECOND IN A THREE-PART FILM SERIES ON POLICE MARRIAGE PROBLEMS, 'FAMILY ISSUES' CONSIDERS SOME OF THE SPECIAL PROBLEMS AND PRESSURES ENCOUNTERED BY THE OFFICER AND HIS CHILDREN AS A RESULT OF HIS WORK.
Abstract
INCLUDED ARE THE PROBLEM OF HIS FREQUENT ABSENCE FROM HOME DURING CRITICAL TIMES IN HIS CHILDREN'S LIVES, THE EMOTIONAL BARRIERS TO ESTABLISHING AN INTIMATE AND ENDURING RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS CHILDREN, AND THE SPECIAL FEARS AND CONCERNS AN OFFICER OFTEN DEVELOPS ABOUT HIS CHILDREN AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE NATURE OF HIS WORK. THE PROBLEMS OF ARBITRARINESS AND AUTHORITARIANISM AT HOME, AND OF UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS FOR CHILDREN ARE CONSIDERED IN LIGHT OF THE UNIQUE PEER PRESSURES ENCOUNTERED BY THE CHILDREN OF POLICE OFFICERS. SEE ALSO NCJ-38485, AND 38487. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)...PO