Quantity and Intensity Levels of Police Stress in Central Oklahoma

• NCJ Number: 110700
• Author(s): L C Woodiel
• Date Published: 1988
• Length: 102 pages
• Publication Format: Dissertation/Thesis
• Publication Type: Thesis/Dissertation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Central State University - master's thesis

Annotation

This study measures the quantity and intensity levels of police stress in 11 counties in central Oklahoma.

Abstract

Each participating agency was stratified by policing population (metro or rural) and organizational level (Federal, State, county, or city). A survey was given via personal distribution, individual completion, and confidentially returned through the mail. Four hypotheses dealing with the quantity and intensity of police stress were tested. Findings reveal that hypothesis 1 -- metro agencies had a higher quantity of stressors than rural agencies of the same organizational level -- was upheld. Metro agencies also were found to have a higher intensity of identified stressors than rural agencies of the same organizational level -- hypothesis 2. Hypothesis 3 -- as the law enforcement official advances in rank, the quantity of identified stressors necessarily decreases in intensity -- was rejected. Hypothesis 4 -- as the law enforcement official advanced in rank, significant identified stressors necessarily intensified -- was rejected. Recommendations for further study are provided. Data tables, figures, survey forms, and bibliography. (Author abstract modified)