BEING HERE BUT WANTING TO BE THERE: The Correlation Between Occupational Induced Stress and Suicide in Correction Officers and that in Law Enforcement
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Authors
Gray, Katrina Marie
Issue Date
2017
Type
Thesis
Language
en
Keywords
Keywords: Stress, Suicide, Proportionate Mortality Ratio
Alternative Title
Abstract
This study quantitatively compared the job stress experienced by police officers, homicide detectives, and correction officers, as it relates to occupational induced suicide. Random surveying, systematic sampling, and the analysis of the Proportionate Mortality Ratio, was used to determine if there was a significant correlation between occupational induced stress and suicide rates among law enforcement officials. The study also sought to measure if the use of social support within the working environment, ameliorated the effects of stress, in turn decreasing the ideology of suicide among individuals. Studies found that while police officers, homicide detectives, and correction officers experience of levels of similar stress, each hold stressors unique to their occupational duties. Thus, collectively, police officers and homicide detectives, demonstrated higher levels of stress and suicide than those of correctional officers. Contrarily, studies found that the use of social support, has reduced the amount of stress perceived among correctional officers, as opposed to those working in other fields of law enforcement.