The Police: Perspectives on Trauma and Resiliency  

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Violanti, John M.

Jenis: Article from Journal - e-Journal
Dalam koleksi: Traumatology vol. 12 no. 3 (Sep. 2006), page 167-170.
Fulltext: 167.pdf (50.35KB)

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The police have a pivotal role in preserving law and order in the communities they serve. Although the media and general public emphasize the physical danger of police work, they tend to overlook the psychological danger. Police officers may experience multiple exposures to traumatic events over a police career and are at an increased risk for psychological disorders such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Despite pathological outcomes, new areas are being explored regarding salutogenic outcomes of trauma involving social and personal resiliency and resistance. Resiliency encompasses the capacity of individual officers and/or entire departments to maintain balance in the presence of significant disturbances. Why and how police officers exposed to trauma regain prior levels of functioning, “bounce back” or adapt, and, in some cases, experience personal growth are important questions. Personal or socially constructed resiliency may be one explanation of such outcomes. With these ideas in mind, the goal of this issue was to seek input on ideas about research, assessment, and intervention concerning trauma and resilience in police officers.

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