| Description |
xxiv, 327 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
1. Police trauma : psycholoical impact of civilian combat -- 2. Assessment, conceptual and methodological issues in researching traumatic stress in police officers -- 3. Police officers and violent crime : social psychological perspectives on impact and recovery -- 4. Police compassion fatigue (PCF) : theory, research, assessment, treatment, and prevention -- 5. Police psychological burnout and trauma -- 6. Vulnerability to psychological disorder : previous trauma in police recruits -- 7. Chronic exposure to risk and trauma : addiction and separation issues in police officers -- 8. Trauma in police work : a psychosocial model -- 9. Effects of exposure to violence in South African police -- 10. The emotional aftermath of the Waco raid : five years revisited -- 11. Incident response and recovery management -- 12. Death on duty : police survivor trauma -- 13. Impact of duty-related death on officers children : concepts of death, trauma reactions, and treatment -- 14. Intergenerational legacies of trauma in police families -- 15. Trauma of world policing : peacekeping duties -- 16. Trauma prevention in the line of duty -- 17. Coping effectiveness and occupational stress in police oficers -- 18. Finding meaning in police traumas -- 19. Police suicide : the ultimate stress reaction -- 20. A current view from the UK on post incident care : "Debriefing," "Defusing" and just talking about it -- 21. Post-intervention strategies to reduce police trauma : a paradigm shift -- 22. Trauma stress in policing : issues for future consideration |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Police psychology -- United States.
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Police -- Violence against -- United States.
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Police-community relations -- United States.
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Violent crimes -- United States.
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| Author |
Paton, Douglas.
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Violanti, John M.
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| LC no. |
99017948 |
| ISBN |
0398069549 (cloth) |
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0398069557 (paperback) |
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