Psychosocial culture and pathways to psychological injury within policing

Police Practice and Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 224-240

  Tuckey, Michelle R ^a   Winwood, Peter C ^a   Dollard, Maureen F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

emotional control; occupational stress; police stress; psychological injury; psychosocial safety culture; stress prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862159131     PISSN: 15614263     EISSN: 1477271X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15614263.2011.574072     Document Type: Article

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