The impact of rural policing on the private lives of New Zealand police officers

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dc.citation.issue4
dc.citation.volume12
dc.contributor.authorButtle J
dc.contributor.authorFowler C
dc.contributor.authorWilliams M
dc.date.available2010
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractThis article is concerned with perceived differences between rural and urban policing in New Zealand. More specifically with how officers view the effect that rural and urban policing has on their private lives and those of their family members. Using grounded theory as a research method because of its reflexivity in regard to generating questions from emergent data, 16 participants were interviewed. Seven of these participants were stationed in an urban location while nine were recruited from rural stations. The results suggest that rural policing has a greater and often more stressful impact on the private lives of police officers and their families. This suggests a need for the New Zealand Police as an organisation to engage in policy-making that gives greater recognition to the rural aspects of policing, with a particular focus being the provision of support for the families of rural officers.
dc.description.confidentialfalse
dc.format.extent596 - 606
dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal of Police Science and Management, 2010, 12 (4), pp. 596 - 606
dc.identifier.elements-id38302
dc.identifier.issn1461-3557
dc.publisherVathek Publishing Ltd
dc.relation.isPartOfInternational Journal of Police Science and Management
dc.subjectrural policing
dc.subjectpolice officers and families
dc.subjectoccupational impact on private lives
dc.subjectcentralised policing
dc.subjectNew Zealand
dc.subject.anzsrc1602 Criminology
dc.subject.anzsrc1605 Policy and Administration
dc.titleThe impact of rural policing on the private lives of New Zealand police officers
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.notesNot known
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University
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