A Qualitative Study: An Examination of Police Officers' Lived Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

IF 1.4 Q2 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY
Richard C Helfers, Johnny Nhan
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Abstract

In the spring of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the globe prompting stay-at-home orders for all but the most essential workers in society. Policing was one of the professions that is essential for community safety, regardless of the circumstances. Officers were on the front-line of the COVID-19 public health crisis and their preparedness was crucial for officer and community health. During the onset of the pandemic little was known about how officers perceived the virus and how police agencies prepared officers to work in a highly contagious environment. This study used semistructured interviews of police officers in two states in the United States that had elevated cases of the virus. The authors explored the lived experiences of police officers to explore officers' perceptions, concerns, implications the pandemic had on patrol activity, and agency preparedness during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The results revealed structural and cultural forces that resulted in officers and their agency leadership not taking the pandemic seriously, ill-preparation and ill-equipping, and disincentives in reporting exposure. Moreover, officers' fears were largely not based on their own well-being, but on the risk of spreading the disease to their family members.

质性研究:新冠肺炎大流行期间警察生活经历的检验
2020年春天,2019冠状病毒病(COVID-19)大流行在全球蔓延,除了社会上最重要的工作者之外,所有人都被迫呆在家里。无论在什么情况下,警察都是维护社区安全必不可少的职业之一。官员们处于COVID-19公共卫生危机的第一线,他们的准备对官员和社区卫生至关重要。在大流行开始时,人们对警察如何看待这种病毒以及警察机构如何让警察在高度传染性的环境中工作知之甚少。这项研究对美国两个州的警察进行了半结构化访谈,这两个州的病毒病例有所增加。作者探讨了警察的生活经历,以探讨警察在2019冠状病毒病大流行期间对巡逻活动的看法、担忧、影响以及机构准备情况。调查结果揭示了导致官员及其机构领导层不认真对待大流行病、准备不足和装备不足以及不愿报告疫情的结构性和文化因素。此外,军官们的担忧很大程度上不是基于他们自己的健康,而是出于将疾病传播给家人的风险。
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International Criminal Justice Review
International Criminal Justice Review CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY-
CiteScore
4.50
自引率
6.20%
发文量
16
期刊介绍: International Criminal Justice Review is a scholarly journal dedicated to presenting system wide trends and problems on crime and justice throughout the world. Articles may focus on a single country or compare issues affecting two or more countries. Both qualitative and quantitative pieces are encouraged, providing they adhere to standards of quality scholarship. Manuscripts may emphasize either contemporary or historical topics. As a peer-reviewed journal, we encourage the submission of articles, research notes, and commentaries that focus on crime and broadly defined justice-related topics in an international and/or comparative context.
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