Stress Management for Law Enforcement Officers

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Sources of Stress
2. Zone of Stability: How Much Stress is Too Much?
3. The Physiology of Stress
4. Conflicting Demands of Law Enforcement
5. Shift Work
6. Hazards and Dangers: The Adrenaline Rush
7. Dealing with Death and Severe Injury
8. Postshooting Trauma
9. Supervision
10. Dealing with the Public
11. Testifying in Court: On the Firing Line Again
12. Special Job Assignments: Undercover
13. Women in Law Enforcement
14. Stress and Cultural Diversity
15. Small Departments and Rural Law Enforcement
16. Stress Management: An Overview of Methods and Techniques
17. Stress Management: Physical and Psychological Techniques
18. Developing Support Systems
19. The Work-Family Stress Connection
20. Administration's Role in Combating Police Stress
21. Modifying the Stress Culture Through Organization Development