Police Force or Police Service? Gender and Emotional Labor
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9752918 |
|---|---|
| Authors | SUSAN E MARTIN (American University, corresponding author), S E MARTIN (corresponding author), Susan Ehrlich Martin (American University) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 561 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 111-126 |
| Publication date | 1999-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/000271629956100108 |
| OpenAlex | W2092103453 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 166 |
| References cited | 22 |
Police work involves substantial emotional labor by officers, who must control their own emotional displays and those of citizens, who often are encountered at their worst—injured, upset, or angry. Although policing often is viewed as masculine work that focuses on fighting crime, it also requires that officers maintain order and provide diverse services, which officers tend to disdain as feminine activities. This article explores the varieties of emotional labor, the rules regulating emotional displays in policing, and the role of gender in shaping these occupational and organizational norms. It identifies variations in the norms regulating emotional labor across policing assignments, interactional situations, and the gender of both the officers and the citizens in an encounter. It also reviews coping mechanisms for regulating emotions—including socialization, organizational rituals, humor, and off-duty social activities—and the dilemmas that norms related to emotional labor pose for women officers
Business · Coping (psychology · Criminology · Duty · Economics · Emotional control · Emotional labor · Labour economics · Political science · Public relations · Service (business · Socialization · Emotional Labor in Professions · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Marketing · Psychology · Social Psychology · Workplace Violence and Bullying
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| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 161 |