I love a cop [electronic resource] : what police families need to know / Ellen Kirschman.
By: Kirschman, Ellen.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
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BookPublisher: New York : Guilford Press, c2007Edition: Rev. ed.Description: x, 340 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.Subject(s): Police -- Job stress | Police -- Family relationships | Police psychologyGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 363.201/9 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Includes bibliographical references (p. 310-328) and index.
"Hi honey. I'm home." -- The way it is: givens and realities of police work -- The police officer's paradox -- Growing old in a young person's profession: how officers change with time -- Organizational stress: looking for love in all the wrong places -- Remarkable events -- Critical incidents, stress, and trauma -- From victim to survivor: working through trauma -- From battlefront to homefront: families and trauma -- Kids and trauma -- Emotional extremes -- Domestic abuse: the best-kept secret shame of policing -- Alcohol abuse and suicide -- Getting help -- Getting the help you need when you need it -- Special families, special issues -- Swimming upstream: special challenges facing women, minorities, lesbians, and gay men in law enforcement -- Cop couples -- Summing up -- Success stories.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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