The phenomenology of traumatic experiences in police work

Policing

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 419-438

  Karlsson, Ingemar ^a   Christianson, Sven Åke ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Police; Post traumatic stress disorders; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346343573     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510310489476     Document Type: Article

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