TY - JOUR
AU1 - Chan, Janet
AB - CHAPTER 5 POLICE STRESS AND OCCUPATIONAL CULTURE Janet Chan ABSTRACT Danger and trauma in police work have long been linked to the development of a suspicious and cynical ‘street cop’ culture. Nevertheless, there is evidence that stress among police officers in Western democracies is more likely to be produced by organisational pressure and management practices than by actual traumatic experience. This chapter uses data from a follow-up study of police recruits to examine the relationship between police stress and occupational culture. In particular, it analyses the impact of organisational changes on officers’ perception of their work and culture. The chapter demonstrates the way changes in the field of policing can modify some aspects of the occupational habitus while reinforcing others. INTRODUCTION: STRESS AND CULTURE The notion of ‘police stress’ has been the subject of many research studies (e.g. Stinchcomb, 2004; Deschamps, Paganon-Badinier, Marchand, & Merle, 2003; Brooks & Piquero, 1998; Brown, Cooper, & Kirkcaldy, 1996), most of which are concerned with identifying sources of stress and ways of reducing Police Occupational Culture: New Debates and Directions Sociology of Crime, Law and Deviance, Volume 8, 129–151 Copyright r 2007 by Elsevier Ltd. All rights of reproduction in any form reserved 
TI - Police Occupational Culture: POLICE STRESS AND OCCUPATIONAL CULTURE
DA - 2007-01-01
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