Death Work: Police, Trauma, and the Psychology of Survival

by Vincent E. Henry

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In this fascinating new book, Vincent Henry (a 21-year veteran of the NYPD who recently retired to become a university professor) explores the psychological transformations and adaptations that result from police officers' encounters with death. Police can encounter death frequently in the course of their duties, and these encounters may range from casual contacts with the deaths of others to the most profound and personally consequential confrontations...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0195157656

ISBN13:9780195157659

Release Date:April 2004

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:416 Pages

Weight:1.65 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 6.2" x 9.4"

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