Stress Management in Law Enforcement Book

	About the Editors
	Acknowledgments
	Preface
Pt. 1	Understanding Stress	3
1	Stress as a Cause of Disease	5
2	Life Stress and Maladaptive Behavior	13
Pt. 2	Stress and the Police Officer	37
3	The Development of a Critical Life Events Scale for Law Enforcement	41
4	The Police Stress Hypothesis: A Critical Evaluation	55
5	Stress and Police Officer Performance: An Examination of Effective Coping Behavior	77
6	A Coronary Risk Profile Study of Male Police Officers: Focus on Cholesterol	91
7	Police Cynicism: Causes and Cures	101
8	Stress Management in Law Enforcement: Where Do We Go from Here?	109
Pt. 3	Police Suicide	117
9	The Mystery Within: Understanding Police Suicide	119
10	Officer Suicide in the Los Angeles Police Department: A Twelve-Year Follow-Up	127
11	Preventing Police Suicide	133
Pt. 4	Stress and the Police Family	139
12	Taking the Job Home	141
13	Deadly Secrets: Violence in the Police Family	149
14	Developing Stress-Resistant Police Families	157
15	Family Therapy Issues in Law Enforcement Families	165
16	Therapy with Law Enforcement Couples: Clinical Management of the 'High-Risk Lifestyle,'	169
Pt. 5	The Trauma of Law Enforcement	185
17	Vicarious Traumatization: A Framework for Understanding the Psychological Effects of Working with Victims	187
18	Traumatic Stress on the Roads	207
19	The Stress of Homicide Investigations	217
Pt. 6	Coping with Stress	233
20	Critical Incident Stress in Law Enforcement	237
21	Crisis-Care in Critical Incident Debriefing	247
22	Critical Incident Reactions: A Comparison of Two Studies Ten Years Apart in the Same Police Department	259
23	Who Needs Peer Support?	265
24	Using Peer Supporters to Help Address Law Enforcement Stress	273
25	Responding to Line-of-Duty Deaths	287
26	The Will to Survive	297
Pt. 7	Psychological Services for Law Enforcement Personnel	303
27	National Survey of the Extent and Nature of Psychological Services in Police Departments	305
28	Tough Guys: Psychotherapeutic Strategies with Law Enforcement and Emergency Services Personnel	317
29	Some Techniques and External Programs Useful in Police Psychological Services	333
30	Thoughts on Preventive Counseling for Police Officers	341
31	A Coordinated Approach to Alcoholism Treatment	349
Pt. 8	Management Issues in Dealing with Police Stress	359
32	Administrative Concerns in Law Enforcement Stress Management	361
33	Reducing Stress: An Organization-Centered Approach	373
34	Controlling Police Use of Excessive Force: The Role of the Police Psychologist. National Institute of Justice Research in Brief	383
35	Retirement: A New Chapter, Not the End of the Story	393