Risk and Resilience Factors among Italian Municipal Police Officers Exposed to Critical Incidents

Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-33

  Prati, Gabriele ^a   Pietrantoni, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Critical event; Police; Resilience, Stress; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859484077     PISSN: 08820783     EISSN: 19366469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11896-009-9052-0     Document Type: Article

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