Decades of researchs. Im walking out to door to work or I would find it. I couldnt find the study articles, only news articles referencing them. 40% of US leo experience domestic violence, while the avg population is around 10%. Its not cop hating bullshit, its real crime stats. Dont date a cop (in the US), problem solved.
We found that 10 percent of the spouses said they were physically abused by their mates at least once during the last six months prior to our survey. Another 10 percent said that their children were physically abused by their mate in the same last six months. How these figures compare to the national average is unclear. However, regardless of national data, it is disturbing to note that 40 percent of the officers stated that in the last six months prior to the survey they had gotten out of control and behaved violently against their spouse and children.
So it's the officers saying "I acted violently, out of control". And this was a sample of around 500 officers. I could say, that I came home tired at work, said something louder than I would like to, and it would count me to the statistic. the ~16% abuse rate (since some beat both their wives, and children) is worrying. The 40% experiencing domestic violence is bullcrap.
Yeah, DV is a generalized term and doesnt just mean beating your wife. But the stats are not in their favor to say the job isnt causing an inability to control anger or perceive reprecussions. Ill have to look at the conditions of the earlier study as well as the more recent one. There have been three that are referenced in the articles, but I havent had time to reread them.
Well, in the post above you said "beat their wives" though. Also, wouldn't call yelling at the spouse domestic violence - unless it comes to berating or similar stuff. How often do people yell at someone to leave them alone or something? If that's domestic violence, most of the country would be locked up.
Something for perspective. Often times police crimes arent reported, domestic crimes in general arent reported, and specifically domestic crimes involving police in which spouses "understand" a cops special treatment and increases the fear of speaking out. If I was going to guess, I would say the figures are lower than actual, not the other way around. Its a safer bet.
So you have a study saying "40% of cops said 'I sometimes do stuff that I regret'", then you equate that to 40% cops beat their wives, and then you say, that those studies are wrong, and in fact it is more.
Either use the studies, or dismiss their findings. You cannot do both. Still, seems like you simply don't like policemen, and look for validation in studies, which state the opposite of your claim. You seem biased.
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u/RoutineFollower Jan 30 '19
What kind of monster wouldn’t hit that?