Police officers involved in a manhunt of a mass murder: Memories and psychological responses

Policing

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 524-540

  Karlsson, Ingemar ^a   Christianson, Sven Å ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Crimes; Memory; Police; Stress; Weapons

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748803059     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510610684746     Document Type: Article

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