Crime and its far-reaching effects are major topics of concern at the state, local, and national levels. One of the effects not always considered is the daily stress faced by law enforcement personnel. This book is a carefully edited collection of 35 leading articles and selections on stress and its consequences for police personnel. It covers a variety of topics related to stress in the law enforcement environment: Understanding Stress, Stress and the Police Officer, Police Suicide, Stress in the Police Family, the Trauma of Law Enforcement, Coping with Stress, Psychological Services for Law Enforcement Personnel, and Management Issues in Dealing with Police Stress. Each of these sections is preceded by a brief summary to assist the reader in identifying articles that might be of particular interest.
This book will be of specific interest to the academic community as an adjunctive resource in police management courses or as a text in upper-division seminars that deal specifically with this topic. Secondly, the book will be of considerable interest to police administrators who must deal on a daily basis with the negative side effects of stress on their officers. Finally, this book will be helpful to police officers who work on the street and who are regularly exposed to violence, cruelty, aggression, and the resulting stress they induce.
