Stress in policing : research and practice / guest editor Ronald Burke.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Burke, Ronald.

Series:

Policing, an international journal of police strategies & management ; 30, no. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Police--Job stress.

Police.

Police administration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (173 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bradford : Emerald Group Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This e-book seeks to help with understanding the antecedents and consequences of police stress given the important functions policing serves in any community, leaving moot the question of whether policing places officers under more, the same or less stress than members of other professions.

Contents:

Cover; CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Editorial; Guest editorial; Police stress: history, contributing factors, symptoms, and interventions; Post-traumatic stress symptoms and cortisol patterns among police officers; Obesity and sleep: the Buffalo Police health study; Shift work and sleep: the Buffalo Police health study; Suicidal ideation among police officers in Norway; The impact of COMPSTAT on reported crime in Queensland; Variation in police patrol practices; Race and police reliance on suspicious non-verbal cues; Are causes of police stress global?

Police officers' assessment of operational situationsPerspectives on policing; Policing on the web; Book review

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-280-92913-8

9786610929139

1-84663-477-6

OCLC:

191818260