Impact of Emotional Factors on Law Enforcement Officers

Dmitriy Evgenievich Dikopoltsev, Grigoriy Alexandrovich Maystrenko

2021

Abstract

The article analyses the theory and practice of the influence of emotional factors on the professional activities of law enforcement officers, considers the characteristics of their work from the point of view of psychology. The aim of the article is the actualization of the need to study the emotional and psychological factors described in the research, their causes and the formation peculiarities and influence on employees of law enforcement services. The methodological basis of the work was based on general scientific research methods. The paper analyses theoretical approaches to the study of stress and stress resistance, as well as factors facilitating the emergence of stressful states of the individual. The psychoemotional specifics are described in the activities of law enforcement agencies and the rule of law, as well as factors contributing to the formation of stress resistance of employees, the concept of “stress resistance” is specificated in relation to the activities of officers of law enforcement subdivisions, the relationship of negatively coloured emotional expressions with a low level of productivity in the service is established, individual behavioural features of employees of units of the penitentiary system, manifested in difficult life situations under the influence of negative emotions, are studied. The authors developed practical recommendations for improving the psychological state of officers of law enforcement services, based on the characteristics of their work activities, identified recommendations for conducting special trainings, teaching stress resistance and increasing the emotional intelligence of employees of law the penal system in order to prevent distress and form the necessary individual and personal qualities and skills of self-regulation of negative experiences.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Dikopoltsev D. and Maystrenko G. (2021). Impact of Emotional Factors on Law Enforcement Officers. In Proceedings of the VII International Scientific-Practical Conference “Criminal Law and Operative Search Activities: Problems of Legislation, Science and Practice” - Volume 1: CLOSA, ISBN 978-989-758-532-6, pages 405-409. DOI: 10.5220/0010645500003152

in Bibtex Style

@conference{closa21,
author={Dmitriy Evgenievich Dikopoltsev and Grigoriy Alexandrovich Maystrenko},
title={Impact of Emotional Factors on Law Enforcement Officers},
booktitle={Proceedings of the VII International Scientific-Practical Conference “Criminal Law and Operative Search Activities: Problems of Legislation, Science and Practice” - Volume 1: CLOSA,},
year={2021},
pages={405-409},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010645500003152},
isbn={978-989-758-532-6},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the VII International Scientific-Practical Conference “Criminal Law and Operative Search Activities: Problems of Legislation, Science and Practice” - Volume 1: CLOSA,
TI - Impact of Emotional Factors on Law Enforcement Officers
SN - 978-989-758-532-6
AU - Dikopoltsev D.
AU - Maystrenko G.
PY - 2021
SP - 405
EP - 409
DO - 10.5220/0010645500003152