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Stress and Counseling Needs of Police Officers
Author(s) -
LEVITOV JUSTIN E.,
THOMPSON BRUCE
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
counselor education and supervision
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1556-6978
pISSN - 0011-0035
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6978.1981.tb01686.x
Subject(s) - psychology , counselor education , perception , curriculum , applied psychology , medical education , counseling psychology , higher education , social psychology , pedagogy , medicine , political science , law , neuroscience
An increasing number of counselors are finding employment in nonschool agencies such as police departments. This article presents research conducted to explore police officers' perceptions of counseling and the stress they feel. Results indicate that a sizable portion of officers would initiate helping relationships if in‐house counseling services were available. The authors discuss the implications for revision of counselor education curricula.