Traumatic Stress in Police Officers : a Career-Length Assessment from Recruitment to Retirement.

The objective of this book is to demonstrate how adopting a career perspective can provide a more comprehensive conceptualization of traumatic stress processes as they apply to police officers and agencies and provide a framework that can be used to guide research and intervention agenda in ways tha...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Paton, Douglas
Otros Autores: Violanti, John M., Burke, Karen
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Springfield : Charles C Thomas Publisher, LTD, 2009.
Temas:
Police > Job stress > United States.
Police psychology > United States.
Social control.
Anxiety disorders.
Mental illness.
Sociology.
Social sciences.
Occupational Groups
Social Control, Formal
Anxiety Disorders
Mental Disorders
Sociology
Persons.
Named Groups.
Psychiatry and Psychology.
Social Sciences
Stress Disorders, Traumatic
Police
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena.
Policiers > Stress dû au travail > États-Unis.
Psychologie policière > États-Unis.
Contrôle social.
Troubles anxieux.
Maladies mentales.
Sociologie.
Sciences sociales.
mental disorders.
sociology.
social sciences.
PSYCHOLOGY > Industrial & Organizational Psychology.
Social sciences
Social control
Mental illness
Anxiety disorders
Police > Job stress
Police psychology
Social Welfare & Social Work.
Social Sciences.
Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:The objective of this book is to demonstrate how adopting a career perspective can provide a more comprehensive conceptualization of traumatic stress processes as they apply to police officers and agencies and provide a framework that can be used to guide research and intervention agenda in ways that reflect the changes that can occur over the course of a police career that can span decades. The book examines the nature and effectiveness of the police role in dealing with adverse events as they unfold within a career perspective. It begins with pre-employment experiences and their implications.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (268 pages)
ISBN:9780398085605
0398085609

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