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Unit I Research Paper Topic

Hattie Hill

Columbia Southern University

Management and Supervision in Criminal Justice

Professor Kim Clay

November 10, 2020

Happiness

As an individual who has not worked in the capacity of a Police Officer, nor had the opportunity to know what it is like to supervise or lead in the capacity in the line of work, it is hard for me to imagine what life is like on a personal level. I have decided to conduct my research on the “Happiness” of those who work, supervise and lead in the field of police work.

My research will cover areas of Positive Psychology and how it relates to strengths-based leadership. In my paper I will discuss what positive psychology has done thus far; such as the well-being of the officers, their social interactions, financial, physical and community aspect. I am quite sure that police officers face many difficult situations on a daily basis. Often their very lives are put in grave danger. They leave home each day knowing there is a possibility they may not return home to their families and love ones. The prospect of knowing you may lose your life or your livelihood at any time has to have a serious psychological effect on police officers.

The primary source of my information will come from chapter 10, in the course textbook for this subject. I will also seek information from the CSU library for articles and journals on the subject of psychology and happiness as it relates to police work, supervision and leadership. An article I will incorporate for use in my study is Hart, Wearing & Heady (1995) Police Stress and well-being: integrating personality, coping and daily work experiences. This article will provide insight to why police work is stressful. I believe that the information from chapter 10 in the textbook and articles I will also retrieve from other sources will provide me with the information needed to better understand the issues police face as it pertains to their health and well-being.

References

Hart, P. M., Wearing, A. J., & Headey, B. (1995). Police stress and well-being: integrating personality, coping and daily work experiences. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, v68 (n2), 133

Whisenand, P. M., & McCain, E. D. (2015). Supervising police personnel: Strengths-based leadership (8th ed.). Prentice Hall. https://online.vitalsource.com/#/books/9780133581003