Stress-related psychosocial risk factors among police officers working on Rape and Serious Sexual Offences

Maguire, Linda and Sondhi, Arun (2024). Stress-related psychosocial risk factors among police officers working on Rape and Serious Sexual Offences. The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles, 97(1) pp. 56–72.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0032258X221128398

Abstract

This study describes police attitudes and perceptions of health and wellbeing among police officers who work on Rape and Serious Sexual Offences (RASSO) cases. A mixed-methods approach was deployed including a cross-sectional online survey of RASSO officers and a qualitative study involving in-depth interviews in one English Police Force Area. Findings show that organisational policies have little salience. There is an entrenched culture of continuing to work despite being unwell, to provide operational support for colleagues. There is a need to develop specific strategies that reduce the stress for a team or unit-level for this cohort of police officers.

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