Evaluation of Operational Stress in Riot and Crowd Control Police Units: A Global Challenge for Prevention and Management of Police Task-Related Stress

Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 111-122

  Garbarino, S ^a,b,d   Magnavita, N ^c   Chiorri, C ^b   Brisinda, D ^c   Cuomo, G ^a   Venuti, A ^a   Fenici, R ^a,c  

^a Active Fire Protection Department   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Law enforcement; Operational stress; Riot and crowd control; Sickness absence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873044428     PISSN: 08820783     EISSN: 19366469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11896-012-9104-8     Document Type: Article

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