Trauma and Resilience in Contemporary Australian Policing: Is Pts Inevitable for First Responders?

by Andrew Paterson

Book Overview

This book examines how fifty police officers in South Australia keep well and "bounce back" from duty-related traumatic experience in the absence of practical, accessible and timely organisational support. It investigates mechanisms police officers presently use to "normalise" their duty-related traumatic experiences to preserve the delicate professional balance between "coping" and "psychic numbing" and avoid the much publicised perils of a PTSD...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811644187
• ISBN13: 9789811644184
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 227 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"