2022/10/07 by Linda Maguire, Arun Sondhi
Social Sciences · #Gender, Security, and Conflict #Policing Practices and Perceptions #Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
paper · doi:10.1177/0032258x221128398
openalex publication_date 2022/10/07 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
This study describes police attitudes and perceptions of health and wellbeing among police officers who work on Rape and Serious Sexual Offences (RASSO) cases. A mixed-methods approach was deployed including a cross-sectional online survey of RASSO officers and a qualitative study involving in-depth interviews in one English Police Force Area. Findings show that organisational policies have little salience. There is an entrenched culture of continuing to work despite being unwell, to provide operational support for colleagues. There is a need to develop specific strategies that reduce the stress for a team or unit-level for this cohort of police officers.