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Identifier	Thesis 2036
Author	Holness, Michael Anthony
Title	Physical fitness, stress and their effects on police performance
Publisher	Central Connecticut State University
Date	2009
Resource Type	Master's Thesis
Notes	The physical fitness of the United States populace has been at the forefront of public discussion especially in recent times given the noticeable increase in the rates of obesity and its' related diseases. Law enforcement officers have not been an exception to this general trend. Death rates among police officers for cardiovascular diseases and various forms of cancers induced by a lack of physical fitness have increased exponentially over the last two decades (Violanti, Vena & Petralia, 1998). This study seeks to establish how the level of physical fitness transcends to law enforcement functions particularly in areas where it affects job performance and produces physical and non-physical outcomes such as occupational injuries and stress. A self-report survey containing 42 questions was administered to 120 Connecticut police officers, 60 from the West Hartford Police Department and 60 from Hartford Police Department. The officers were asked about their physical activities and duties to determine whether exercising regularly (at least three times weekly for an estimated 30 minutes each time) would reduce stress, induce higher job performance such as higher rates of arrests, lower amounts of citizens' complaints and produce an overall higher job satisfaction. A statistical analysis was conducted to determine the average weekly exercise rates among respondents. In addition, a correlational analysis of job performance and stress and the regularity of exercise were done to establish if police officers who exercised regularly had higher levels of job satisfaction and lower levels of stress.
Subject	Police -- Job stress -- Connecticut Police -- Physical training -- Connecticut Police -- Job satisfaction -- Connecticut
Department	Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Advisor	Ratansi, Shamir
Type	Text
Digital Format	application/pdf
Language	eng
OCLC number	713733991
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