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Article Evaluation-- Civil and Political Rights

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Academic Article Outline: The Stress in Police Officers

Main argument: There has been a steady increase in stress-related illnesses within the police force.

Basic Points: Legislation is aware of the stress that is placed on officers and try to come up with efforts to improve the situation. Being constantly faced with violence and confrontation negatively effects the mental health of officers. This topic is nearly taboo because the government places a huge responsibility on officers to abide by the law and to continuously construct justice without considering the drawbacks of constantly handling this responsibility.

Supporting Evidence: An experiment was conducted to examine the effects of the stress from working daily as a person of law. Approximately 1200 officers were surveyed on the weight of stresses coming from home and work. After the surveys were collected, the results showed that the police officers have an issue with handling problems at home and juggling that with the responsibilities of work. Also, officers are stressed because they don't have a way to release their stress as far as consoling with someone. Interestingly, women scored higher towards occupational issues (workload) affecting their stress instead of personal issues (problems at home). On the contrast, men expressed more stress from problems at home and managing that with work. All in all, officers feel that their hefty efforts aren't considered as bearing as they are.

Outline Your Contribution:

Title: Police Officer Safety and Health

This article speaks a majority about police officer's health in a physical sense but it does touch on mental health. It talks about line of death duties which are deaths that occur because of stabbings, shootings, or anything related to the outcome of them working. It also talks about work stress and makes the point clear that the government is aware of these stresses. They link suicide, divorce, and alcoholism as three main indicators of unhealthy mental health. This article also gives hard evidence of the line of deaths and stress related work issues. The article ends with its sources.

My contribution: I want to go in depth with the work related stresses by discussing both genders separately instead of as a whole because it has been proven that the issues female officers have are different than that of males. I also want to examine the long term causes on mental health with officers. Lastly, I want to discuss actions the government is taking to provide care for police officers. I want to use real life examples to build upon my points as well.

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Draft Your Contribution:

Title: Police Officer Safety and Health

Lead section: The effects and issues of police mental health is a debatable topic within society and government. Police officers are required to risk their lives daily in order to protect the lives of citizens. However, the topic of police officer's mental health is a topic that is often disregarded from state officials. Throughout history, there has been trends of the mental well being of police officers decreasing due to no support or government aided programs. Studies from Oxford Medicine have found that the stress comes from personal problems or work related problems. However, the mental stability of police officers has been monitored to a degree. Looking at the effects of work related stress and personal stress as a whole is an inaccurate way of studying the effects on the well being of officers. Instead, looking at the affects between males and females are more beneficial to narrowing down a general pattern between what effects police officers and how.

When studying the effects of mental health on females, Collins and Gibbs found there has been a difference than the effects shown on males. When given a General Health Questionnaire test, females scored higher in categories such as: workload, demands of work affecting home, and not enough support from fellow officers. The males tested responded highly to problems such as: slow progression, not enough support from senior officers, and paperwork. Both genders responded highly to organizational stresses. A reason for the large discrepancy between the numbers could be simply because the female officers were more comfortable with expressing their concerns about work related stress. Lastly, another reason the discrepancy between the increasing number of females than males is because most of the male counterparts were divorced. This proves the fact that studying the effects of mental health has to be examined between two genders instead of both genders as a whole. The effects long term has been examined as well and shows that women retire sooner than men because of psychological reasons than men do. If there were a safe ground for the officers to speak upon how they feel, then there would be a more reputable response that shows both sides.

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