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TY - JOUR
T1 - It’s tough shit, basically, that you're all gonna get it'
T2 - UK virus testing and police officer anxieties of contracting COVID-19
AU - De Camargo, Camilla
PY - 2022/1/31
Y1 - 2022/1/31
N2 - Policing is a high-risk occupation that can cause a myriad of psychosocial problems to its workers. During the COVID-19 pandemic, officers have experienced increased rates of anxiety around contracting the virus, and these fears have been mirrored by their families, due to the largelyunknown nature of the virus and mounting reports of police deaths across the world. Using data from 18 police officer interviews from a range of roles and forces in early summer 2020, this paper exploresofficer experiences of policing the pandemic, the emotional labour involved, and the detachment and displacement of anxiety and fear of working a global pandemic with little support from management.
AB - Policing is a high-risk occupation that can cause a myriad of psychosocial problems to its workers. During the COVID-19 pandemic, officers have experienced increased rates of anxiety around contracting the virus, and these fears have been mirrored by their families, due to the largelyunknown nature of the virus and mounting reports of police deaths across the world. Using data from 18 police officer interviews from a range of roles and forces in early summer 2020, this paper exploresofficer experiences of policing the pandemic, the emotional labour involved, and the detachment and displacement of anxiety and fear of working a global pandemic with little support from management.
KW - Policing
KW - Covid-19
KW - Stress
KW - Coronovirus
KW - Police
KW - Emotional labour
KW - Anxiety
U2 - 10.1080/10439463.2021.1883609
DO - 10.1080/10439463.2021.1883609
M3 - Journal article
VL - 32
SP - 35
EP - 51
JO - Policing and Society: An International Journal of Research and Policy
JF - Policing and Society: An International Journal of Research and Policy
SN - 1043-9463
IS - 1
ER -