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dc.contributor.authorCarney, Christine
dc.contributor.authorBates, Lyndel
dc.contributor.authorSargeant, Elise
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-27T06:38:01Z
dc.date.available2019-11-27T06:38:01Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.issn1561-4263
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/15614263.2019.1658584
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/389369
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the impact of retirement on police officers. Using semi-structured in-depth interviews with 20 police retirees from Queensland, Australia, we explore the impacts of retirement on police officers’ sense of wellbeing as well as the coping strategies utilised by retirees in the transition from paid employment to retirement. We found experiences of retirement varied amongst participants depending on the role they had whilst policing, the type of social interactions they had pre and post retirement and their financial position. Common themes include conflicting emotions, relevance deficit, anger and disappointment, financial issues and the loss of social networks. Coping mechanisms involved psychological counselling, expanding external social networks and seeking out other interests and hobbies in the lead up to/upon retirement. We suggest these findings can enable policing organisations to provide improved support for police officers leading up to retirement.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofjournalPolice Practice and Research
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4402
dc.subject.keywordsImpacts of retirement
dc.subject.keywordsSocial Sciences
dc.subject.keywordsCriminology & Penology
dc.titleExploring the impact of retirement on police officers wellbeing
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationCarney, C; Bates, L; Sargeant, E, Exploring the impact of retirement on police officers wellbeing, Police Practice and Research, 2019
dc.date.updated2019-11-27T04:55:48Z
gro.description.notepublicThis publication has been entered into Griffith Research Online as an Advanced Online Version
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorBates, Lyndel J.
gro.griffith.authorSargeant, Elise B.


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