Police Stress: An Analysis of the Impact on Child Sexual Exploitation Investigators

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dc.contributor.authorSimmons, D. L.
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-26T17:56:56Z
dc.date.available2018-07-26T17:56:56Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractThe psychological and physiological effects of work-related stress on law enforcement causes high morbidity and mortality rates and rates of alcoholism, substance abuse, domestic violence, and suicide higher than the national average. The purpose of this explanatory sequential mixed-methods study was to examine whether work-related stress experienced by child sexual exploitation (CSE) and child sexual abuse (CSA) investigators differ from that of other duty assigned subgroups. I used Karasek’s job demands-control model as the theoretical framework for this study. I conducted the study within a medium sized law enforcement agency in eastern Washington State. The sample in the quantitative study consisted of 27 law enforcement officers from 17 duty-assigned subgroups who completed McCreary and Thompson’s Operational Police Stress Survey (PSQ-Op) and Organizational Police Stress Questionnaire (PSQ-Org). The sample in the qualitative study consisted of 7 law enforcement officers who answered 5 researcher developed questions during a telephone interview. Descriptive statistics, a Pearson’s correlation analysis, and linear regression analysis of the PSQ-Op and PSQ-Org revealed no significant difference in reported work-related stress experienced within the dutyassigned subgroups, revealing no correlative difference of stress experienced by CSE and CSA investigators and the other duty assigned subgroups due to job demands and job control. Content analysis of the qualitative interviews revealed themes that supported the finding of the quantitative study. The findings of this study support the need for law enforcement leaders to take preemptive measures to mitigate the effects of work-related stress on all law enforcement officers.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSimmons, D. L. (2018). Police Stress: An Analysis of the Impact on Child Sexual Exploitation Investigators. Walden University.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6806&context=dissertations
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/3891
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherWalden Universityen_US
dc.subjectstressen_US
dc.subjectlaw enforcementen_US
dc.subjectinvestigationen_US
dc.subjectexploitation casesen_US
dc.titlePolice Stress: An Analysis of the Impact on Child Sexual Exploitation Investigatorsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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