The psychological experience of security officers who work with executions

Psychiatry

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 358-370

  Osofsky, M J ^a   Osofsky, H J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEATH; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGY; PUNISHMENT; RELIGION; UNITED STATES;

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POLICE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0036951904     PISSN: 00332747     EISSN: 1943281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/psyc.65.4.358.20244     Document Type: Article

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