Occupational stress and burnout between male and female police officers: Are there any gender differences?

Policing

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 672-691

  McCarty, William P ^a   Zhao, Jihong Solomon ^b   Garland, Brett E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Police; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 36248932141     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510710833938     Document Type: Article

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