Conceptual and methodological issues in the investigation of occupational stress. A case study of police officers deployed on body recovery at the site of the Lockerbie air crash

Policing and Society

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-17

  Walker, Mike ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Concepts; Lockerbie; Methods; Occupational stress; Police; Post traumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937261047     PISSN: 10439463     EISSN: 14772728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10439463.1997.9964761     Document Type: Article

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