Police Trauma
Subtitle: Psychological Aftermath of Civilian Combat
Contributors: John M. Violanti (Editor); Douglas Paton (Editor)
Publisher: Charles C. Thomas Publisher
Published: May 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 327
ISBN-13: 9780398069551
Subjects: General; Criminology; Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement; Social Science; True Crime / Espionage; Police; Police psychology; United States; Violence against; Violent crimes; Sociology
First sentence: The title of this book is drawn from the similarity between military combat and civilian police work that led Williams (1987) to describe police officers as being involved in peacetime combat: "for cops, the war never ends ... they are out there 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to protect and serve, to fight the criminal ... our peacetime enemy.