The emotional impact on and coping strategies employed by police teams investigating internet child exploitation

Traumatology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 20-31

  Burns, Carolyn M ^a,c   Morley, Jeff ^b   Bradshaw, Richard ^a   Domene, José ^a  

^a TRINITY WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child exploitation; Criminal justice system; Emotional impact; Internet; Police; Secondary traumatic stress; Vicarious trauma; Witnessing

Indexed keywords

EID: 46249095198     PISSN: 15347656     EISSN: 10859373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534765608319082     Document Type: Article

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