This study examines law enforcement-related stress for the officers of one county in southwestern Kansas. The authors intend to uncover the potential sources of officer and/or family stress and identify how this might impact on overall family life/harmony. We intend to discover which independent variables (shift work, crowd control, press problems, etc.) exhibit the strongest relationship with the officer's perception of stress and his/her perception of its association with family stress. All officers of all law enforcement agencies of the county will be provided a survey.
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