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He said: >Police officers are almost entirely decent people . . . Between 20% and 40% abuse their families. Does an entirely decent person abuse his family?

He said: >Police officers are almost entirely decent people . . . Between 20% and 40% abuse their families. Does an entirely decent person abuse his family? I'm not aware of a higher family abuse rate among EMTs, and a quick Google search produced nothing, so I'd appreciate any sources. Your reasoning makes sense, but I can just as easily say that violent people are more inclined to be police officers and soldiers - for obvious reasons. I'd guess it's some of both (some high stress and the attraction of the occupation to violent people).

dogma1138 9y ago
The problem is that the Atlantic publishes very selective data. Yes police officers have higher rates than the average, but you know who has higher than even those wife beating cops? Men that work in "demeaning jobs" or professions that are attributed traditionally to women like clerks, secretaries, teacher/classroom aides and maids/helpers. The vast majority of those articles boil down to a handful of studies the one linked below is probably the most commonly referenced. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1741-3737.2002.00820.x/abstract http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1741-3737.2002.... And yes most police officers are decent and professional people, but there isn't such thing as being universally decent and any person is capable of the utmost indecency. And you know what they say about so many intimate partner abuse cases? he/she was the nicest person in the world I would never think they would be capable of it.... People that abuse their partner more often than not do it as a release mechanism rather than their normal pattern of behaviour.
- forapurpose 9y ago
  > the Atlantic publishes very selective data What is that based on?
  - dogma1138 9y ago
    Because based on every study while police officers, soldiers and other people that are put in stressful and life threatening situations do exhibit higher rates of abuse men that work at jobs that hurt their ego are even more prominently represented and unlike police officers, soldiers and emergency services personnel they don't have a PTSD just a small dick problem.

dogma1138 9y ago

The problem is that the Atlantic publishes very selective data. Yes police officers have higher rates than the average, but you know who has higher than even those wife beating cops? Men that work in "demeaning jobs" or professions that are attributed traditionally to women like clerks, secretaries, teacher/classroom aides and maids/helpers. The vast majority of those articles boil down to a handful of studies the one linked below is probably the most commonly referenced. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1741-3737.2002.00820.x/abstract http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1741-3737.2002.... And yes most police officers are decent and professional people, but there isn't such thing as being universally decent and any person is capable of the utmost indecency. And you know what they say about so many intimate partner abuse cases? he/she was the nicest person in the world I would never think they would be capable of it.... People that abuse their partner more often than not do it as a release mechanism rather than their normal pattern of behaviour.

forapurpose 9y ago
> the Atlantic publishes very selective data What is that based on?
- dogma1138 9y ago
  Because based on every study while police officers, soldiers and other people that are put in stressful and life threatening situations do exhibit higher rates of abuse men that work at jobs that hurt their ego are even more prominently represented and unlike police officers, soldiers and emergency services personnel they don't have a PTSD just a small dick problem.