Report
The Impact of Shift Length in Policing on Performance, Health, Quality of Life, Sleep, Fatigue, and Extra-Duty Employment – Executive Summary
Publication Date
March 2011
Author(s)
Karen Amendola, David Weisburd, Edwin Hamilton, Greg Jones, and Meghan Slipka
Abstract
In this report, we aim to address the need for examination of compressed workweek schedules on officer performance, safety, health, quality of life, sleep, fatigue, and extra-duty employment by providing both the results of the first comprehensive, randomized experiment of the effects of shift length in policing, as well as descriptive data on current shift practices and trends.
Research Design
Randomized controlled trial (RCT)
Research Methods
Field-based experiment
Recommended Citation
Amendola, K. L., Weisburd, D., Hamilton, E. E., Jones, G., & Slipka, M. (2011). The impact of shift length in policing on performance, health, quality of life, sleep, fatigue, and extra-duty employment [Executive Summary]. Police Foundation.
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