Stress Management in Law Enforcement, Second Edition

by Territo, Leonard; Sewell, James D.

• ISBN13: 9781594603303
• ISBN10: 1594603308
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-09-25
• Publisher: Carolina Academic Pr

Summary

"The newly revised second edition of Stress Management in Law Enforcement by Dr. Leonard Territo and Dr. James Sewell is once again a carefully selected collection of the leading articles on stress and its consequences for police personnel. This edition, incorporating new and relevant material, comprises nine sections which cover the following topics: What is Stress All About?; What Does Stress Mean for Cops?; Are There Ways We Can Tell It's There?; What Are Some of the Bad Effects of Stress on Cops?; How Does Stress Impact a Cop's Family Life?; How Does the Worst of the Worst Affect Cops?; What Are the Tools That a Cop Can Use to Better Handle Stress?; What Support is Available for Cops? and How Can the Bosses Better Help Their Cops?A brief summary precedes each section to assist the reader in readily identifying articles which might be of particular interest. Each article contains end-of-chapter discussion questions which are answered in detail in the instructor's manual. The sections are also accompanied by a glossary of terms and a list of additional recommended readings.This book will specifically interest the criminal justice academic community as an adjunctive resource in police management courses or as the primary text in upper division seminars on the topic of police stress management. This book will also be of considerable interest to police administrators and officers who must deal on a daily basis with the negative side effects of stress. Stress Management in Law Enforcement is relevant for police administrators as well as police psychologists, psychiatrists, counselors, social workers, and other mental health professionals who are called upon to provide guidance and assistance to police officers.This new edition is accompanied by a 200-page instructor's manual which provides the instructor with learning objectives; answers to the end-of-chapter discussion questions; a comprehensive list of videos dealing with police stress and how they can be purchased; and a list of recommended readings. ""It is a worthy addition to the library of any thoughtful student of police behavior and culture."" -Criminal Justice Review, on the first edition "

Author Biography

Leonard Territo is a professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at Saint Leo University. James D. Sewell is retired from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

Table of Contents

Stress As a Cause of Disease	p. 7
Stress, Traumatic Stress, and Posttraumatic Stress Syndromes	p. 15
Identifying Law Enforcement Stress Reactions Early	p. 45
Issues in Small Town Policing: Understanding Stress	p. 55
On-the-job Stress in Policing: Reducing It, Preventing It	p. 65
Police Cynicism: Causes and Cures	p. 77
Occupational Stress and Psychological Functioning in Law Enforcement Officers	p. 91
Ranking Police Stressors	p. 107
Police Officer Burnout: A Partial Replication of Maslach's Burnout Inventory	p. 113
Stress and the Female Officer	p. 131
Gender Stress: Differences in Critical Life Events among Law Enforcement Officers	p. 141
Cops under Pressure: Driven to Drink	p. 161
Alcohol Abuse in Policing: Prevention Strategies	p. 167
Does Joining the Police Service Drive You to Drink? A Longitudinal Study of the Drinking Habits of Police Recruits	p. 173
Police Trauma and Addiction: Coping with the Dangers of the Job	p. 187
Special Report on Police Suicide: Cop Killer	p. 199
By Their Own Hand: Suicide among Law Enforcement Personnel	p. 213
Deadly Secrets: Violence in the Police Family	p. 223
Developing Stress-Resistant Police Families	p. 231
Preparing Families for the Hazards of Police Work	p. 241
Rising to the Challenge: Preventing Police Officer Domestic Violence	p. 245
The Stress of Homicide Investigations	p. 259
Psychological Trauma in the Police Service	p. 275
Cumulative Career Traumatic Stress (CCTS): A Pilot Study of Traumatic Stress in Law Enforcement	p. 305
Critical Incident Stress in Law Enforcement	p. 321
Handling the Stress of the Electronic World	p. 331
Negative Influences of Police Stress	p. 341
A Conceptual Model and Implications for Coping with Stressful Events in Police Work	p. 351
Law Enforcement Traumatic Stress: Clinical Syndromes and Intervention Strategies	p. 381
Crisis Management Briefings (CMB): Large Group Crisis Intervention in Response to Terrorism, Disasters, and Violence	p. 399
Psychological Debriefing: An Effective Method?	p. 407
Current Best Practices: Coping with Major Critical Incidents	p. 419
Reducing Stress: An Organization-Centered Approach	p. 441
Let's Drive 'Em Crazy: How Managers Contribute to Employee Stress	p. 453
Stress Management in the Federal Bureau of Investigation: Principles for Program Development	p. 463
Police Personalities: Understanding and Managing the Problem Officer	p. 473
Managing Undercover Stress: The Supervisor's Role	p. 487
Managing the Stress of Organizational Change	p. 497
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