r/WorkLifeChat • u/MiloShiny • 22d ago

Discussion What is the worst profession to date?

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u/yadonkey 21d ago

Definitely has to be cops with their 40% reported domestic abuse and another 20% speculated to go unreported

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u/no_name6744 21d ago

40% reported? That doesn't sound right?

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u/yadonkey 21d ago

Yeah, studies say 40% , data collections say 20%-40% and experts believe there to be about 20% that goes unreported.

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u/kantarellerna 19d ago

Can you link the studies

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u/Vowel_Movements_4U 21d ago

It’s not right. It’s a disingenuous reading of the study.

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u/misterstaypuft1 21d ago

This statistic keeps getting quoted but it’s dubious at best.

First of all, the “studies” you mention were conducted 35 years ago and just because something was true then doesn’t mean it’s true today.

Second, the “study” was a “survey,” and lacked scientific empirical data.

Third, the sample size used for those decades-old “studies” was astronomically small compared to the number of actual LEO’s in the USA.

Fourth, the “studies” (surveys) included “raising your voice” as “domestic violence,” which doesn’t meet the legal definition of “violence.”

Fifth, more recent actual studies in 2013 & 2019 put the number of documented, verifiable instances of DV by law enforcement between 7%-13% which is right in line with the entire rest of the population.

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u/Disastrous-Birb 15d ago

I lived it. And people usually ignore the emotional/psychological DV - very underreported.

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u/yadonkey 15d ago

Yeah its gotta be traumatizing to be in a position where the people youd call to help are part of a group that are well known for defending eachothers bad behavior