Occupational Stress: A Review of Police Narrative

Title

Occupational Stress: A Review of Police Narrative

Creator

Bhattacharya, Moulina

Description

Cambridge research suggests that 90% of police officers have responded to being exposed to trauma and one out of five to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In India, trauma among the emblem of manpower is still a word of fancy or rather cowardly in the twenty-first century. So, to apply the seminal concept in Indian police, the phrase Occupational Stress is somehow better suited even though police experience the gruesomeness of death, suffering, and cruelty closer than many professions. The medics and police see the teething reality of biopolitics that can surely leave a permanent scar in the individual memory. Soft-skill training is a modern solution, and the awareness is spreading worldwide. Occupational stress is a collective state where several contributing factors cause a sense of anxiety and trauma in the subject. In police, it is caused by public rage toward the institution, their hues and cries, the departmental pressure following the chain of command, and an undeniable political influence. The mighty law-keepers might seem to possess the sceptre of power, but the fate of their mission, postings, and promotion politics is modulated quite abruptly. This study is an extension of broader research that follows a review of literature, including memoirs written by top cops of the Indian police force, and it surveys a corpus of newspaper articles demonstrating trauma-informed policing. The study explores the concept of Occupational Stress, its prevalence, contributing factors, and consequences through a qualitative method and a critical discourse analysis of the selective police narrative. 2025 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Source

Rethinking the Police for a Better Future : Navigating Policing Challenges with Accountability and Trust;pp.191-202

Date

01-01-2025

Publisher

Springer Science+Business Media

Subject

Medical humanities; Memory study; Police narrative; PTSD; Stress; Trauma-informed policing

Coverage

Bhattacharya M., Department of English and Cultural Studies, Christ University, Bangalore, India

Rights

Restricted Access; Hardcopy may be available in the library

Relation

ISBN: 978-303183173-7; 978-303183172-0;

Format

online

Language

English

Type

Book chapter

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-83173-7_12

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