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NCJ Number: 43657 Find in a Library
Title: METAMORPHOSIS (FROM JOB STRESS AND THE POLICE OFFICER IDENTIFYING STRESS REDUCTION TECHNIQUES - PROCEEDINGS OF SYMPOSIUM, 1975 BY W H KROES, J J HURRELL, JR - SEE NCJ-43642)
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Author(s): G L KIRKHAM
Date Published: 1975
Annotation: A THEORY CONCERNING THE PATTERNS OF POLICE AGGRESSION AND HOSTILITY DISPLAYED IN MINORITY GHETTOS IS SET FORTH, WITH REFERENCE TO A RESEARCHER'S EXPERIENCE AS A PATROL OFFICER IN JACKSONVILLE, FLA.
Abstract: FOR 5 MONTHS, AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF CRIMINOLOGY WORKED AS A REGULAR, UNIFORMED PATROL OFFICER IN A JACKSONVILLE GHETTO. DURING THAT PERIOD, THE RESEARCHER BECAME CAUGHT UP IN THE FRUSTRATION, ANGER, AND AGGRESSION HE HAD ALWAYS CONDEMNED AND RECOGNIZED AS IRRATIONAL IN POLICE OFFICERS. THE EXPERIENCE BROUGHT OUT THE FACT THAT, UNLIKE OTHER PRACTITIONERS WHO DEAL WITH SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS, POLICE OFFICERS ARE NOT REMOVED FROM THE CONTEXT IN WHICH THOSE PROBLEMS OCCUR. POLICE OFFICERS MUST DEAL WITH OTHER PEOPLE AT THEIR WORST AND MUST DO SO IN PERSONALLY THREATENING SITUATIONS. POLICE WHO WORK REGULARLY UNDER STRESSFUL CONDITIONS DEVELOP A DEFENSE MECHANISM BY WHICH THEY REPRESS UNACCEPTABLE THOUGHTS AND CONSCIOUSLY ASSERT THE OPPOSITE OF THOSE THOUGHTS. THEY EXPRESS A DEFENSIVE FACADE OF CONFIDENCE AND AGGRESSION AS A MEANS OF COPING WITH UNDERLYING FEELINGS OF FEAR AND ANXIETY, FEELINGS THAT WOULD BE INCAPACITATING WERE THEY TO BECOME CONSCIOUS. THIS RESPONSE CORRESPONDS CLOSELY TO THE PSYCHOLOGICAL CONCEPT OF REACTION FORMATION.
Index Term(s): Behavior under stress; Florida; Police Brutality; Police personnel; Psychology; Theory
Sponsoring Agency: National Institute of Justice/
Rockville, MD 20849
Superintendent of Documents, GPO
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Corporate Author: Superintendent of Documents, GPO
United States of America
Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
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Page Count: 8
Language: English
Country: United States of America
Note: THE SYMPOSIUM WAS HELD IN CINCINNATI, OHIO ON MAY 8 & 9, 1975, AND CHAIRED BY DR WILLIAM H KROES
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