Stress in policing [[electronic resource] ] : research and practice / / guest editor Ronald Burke

• Pubblicazione: Bradford, : Emerald Group Press, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (173 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.2; 363.25/0285
• Soggetto topico: Police - Job stress; Police administration
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: BurkeRonald
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Stress in policing
• ISBN: 1-280-92913-8; 9786610929139; 1-84663-477-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451297703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II