Life Satisfaction Amongst Police Officers Working in the Area of Child Abuse Investigation

International Journal of Police Science and Management

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 187-194

  Powell, Martine B ^b   Tomyn, Adrian J ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

life satisfaction; stress and policing; vicarious trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883613648     PISSN: 14613557     EISSN: 14781603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1350/ijps.2011.13.2.225     Document Type: Article

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