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The Proposal

This research is important to the criminal justice field.  Having a better understanding of the male police officer identity will help those in the field.  This research, to the best of my knowledge, has not been conducted yet but studies on men’s identities, male officers, and the psychological processes of male officers has been conducted. As well as reasearch on how new male recruits respond to stressful situations and how the officer is affected with loss.  Participants of this research will include five male officers. All from except two from different departments. The agencies I hope to have participate include; Indiana Borough Police Department, a small rural agency, two Pennsylvania State Troopers; one being from the Special Emergency Response Team (SERT), and one a seasoned Trooper and finally one from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.  I plan on begining research as soon as these officer’s can be contacted.  The methodolgy that will be used and incorporated for this research will be interviews.   I plan on interviewing these five officers either face to face or with an phone interview. I predidct that with the questions asked (if asked correctly) I will find similar answers to “What drives the male police officer” and how they identify themselves within their departmen and community. I plan on presenting these findings with an 15 page journal style entry.

The Outline

I. Introduction

     A. State research

     B. Assumptions of research

     C. Thesis statement

II. Body- Paragraph 1 – Male Identity

    A. How are men taught masculinity

    B. How are these teachings carried to the job (policing)

    C. How are they applied in the field of law enforcement by male officers

III. Body- Paragraph 2 – Police male psychology

    A. How are male officers taught to deal with stress

    B. How does an male officer cope with the loss of colleage

    C. How does the job of policing affect the male officer

III. Body-  Paragraph 3 – Male police officer outside of the uniform

    A. How does an male officer shed all the days work

   B. Who do male officer’s find comfort or help from

   C. What kind of stresses cary over from work

IV.  Conclusion

    A. What has been proven through this research?

    B. What can be proven true with this research?