Death work : police, trauma, and the psychology of survival /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2004.
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| Online Access: | http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=120983 |
Table of Contents:
- The death and policing Nexus
- Death work : the general context
- Police survivors of death encounters : theoretical perspective and strategy of inquiry
- "Becoming a cop" : basic social and psychological processes
- The rookie's experience : introduction to death
- Patrol sergeants : routinization of the death encounter
- Crime scene detectives : 'technicizing' the death encounter
- Homicide detectives : emotional reactions to violent death
- Police survivors : genuine threats to the sense of immortality
- Reflections and observations.