Police and Alcohol Use: A Descriptive Analysis and Associations with Stress Outcomes

American Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 344-356

  Violanti, John M ^a   Slaven, James E ^b   Charles, Luenda E ^b   Burchfiel, Cecil M ^b   Andrew, Michael E ^b   Homish, Gregory G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol use; Family spillover effect; Police; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 80355144592     PISSN: 10662316     EISSN: 19361351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12103-011-9121-7     Document Type: Article

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