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Controlled Burn

The Gendering of Stress and Burnout in Modern Policing

Kansas State University, dkurtzks{at}aol.com

Despite the interest in the interplay between subcultural attitudes, organizational structure, and high stress events, most research on police stress fails to address a fundamental concern—that of gender. In fact, the majority of research addressing officer stress fails to mention gender or concentrates on gender as a simple control variable. Data from the Police Stress and Domestic Violence in Police Families in Baltimore, Maryland, 1997-1999 study were analyzed to examine how gender affects stress and burnout in law enforcement. Findings indicate that stress and burnout by officers is embedded in the gender structure and process of policing and not simply a response to high stress events.

Key Words: policing • stress • burnout • masculinity • gender and policing • social construction of gender • gendered organization theory

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