Research Catalog

Title

Traumatic stress in police officers : a career-length assessment from recruitment to retirement / by Douglas Paton ... [et al.].

Publication

Springfield, Ill. : Charles C. Thomas, c2009.

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Additional Authors

Paton, Douglas.

Description

xii, 256 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

Summary

"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 for operational well-being and concludes with a discussion of the implications of a police career for disengagement or retirement from this role. It draws upon empirical research to provide an evidence-based approach to traumatic stress risk management and well-being in contemporary policing. Based on state-of-the-art research, the book provides a framework that police agencies can use to develop their officers and their organizations in ways that enhance their capability to confront an increasingly uncertain future in ways that maximize the interests of front-line policing. Areas of discussion include incorporation of police trauma into a life-career course perspective; changing context and nature of police work; recruitment, selection, and socialization in the context of critical incident and terrorist work; changing gender balance; training in uncertain times; managing risk and vulnerability; organizational context; family dynamics; inter and intraorganizational teams; health and mental health; consequences of long-term exposure to hazards; and disengagement and retirement. The text will be of significant interest to police organizations and agencies whose officers face a high risk of experiencing disaster and traumatic stress, law enforcement managerial and supervisory personnel, human resource and health and safety professionals, and mental health professionals and consultants. The text will also be relevant to those researching traumatic stress, disaster stress, and emergency management as well as other protective services."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Police
• Stress Disorders, Traumatic
• Police > Job stress > United States
• Police psychology > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Conceptualization : the police career course and trauma stress -- Organizational influences on critical incident stress risk -- From civilian to recruit : selecting the right stuff -- From recruit to officer : transition and socialization -- Maladaptive behavior during the police career -- Gender differences in policing -- The changing nature of exposure during the police career : terrorism and trauma -- Accommodating terrorism as risk factor : the organizational perspective -- The life of established officers -- Managing critical incident stress risk : integrating person, team, and organizational factors -- Disengagement from police service : the impact on a career end -- Conclusion.

ISBN

• 9780398078935 (pbk.)
• 0398078939 (pbk.)
• 9780398078942 (hard)
• 0398078947 (hard)

LCCN

^^2009016526

OCLC

319491757

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library