Death Work Police, Trauma, and the Psychology of Survival |
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| Author:
| Henry, Vincent E. |
| Foreword by:
| Lifton, Robert Jay |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-515765-9 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2004 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $68.00 |
Book Description:
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Through extensive field observation and structured interviews with NYPD officers, Henry reveals patterns of psychological transformation and social consequences of police encounters with death. With a foreword by Robert Jay Lifton and a chapter devoted to the local police response to the World Trade Center attacks, Death Work, will be of interest to psychologists and criminal justice experts, as well as police officers eager to gain insight into their unique relationship to death.
Through extensive field observation and structured interviews with NYPD officers, Henry reveals patterns of psychological transformation and social consequences of police encounters with death. With a foreword by Robert Jay Lifton and a chapter devoted to the local police response to the World Trade Center attacks, Death Work, will be of interest to psychologists and criminal justice experts, as well as police officers eager to gain insight into their unique relationship to death.