Violence between the police and the public: Influences of work-related stress, job satisfaction, burnout, and situational factors

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 613-645

  Manzoni, Patrik ^a,c   Eisner, Manuel ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Burnout; Job profile; Job satisfaction; Organizational commitment; Perceived work stress; Police; Police officers; Routine activities; Use of force; Victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748323317     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854806288039     Document Type: Article

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