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Traumatic stress of multiple murder investigations
Author(s) -
Sewell James D.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of traumatic stress
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.259
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1573-6598
pISSN - 0894-9867
DOI - 10.1002/jts.2490060109
Subject(s) - law enforcement , stressor , debriefing , psychology , criminology , stress management , social psychology , poison control , stress (linguistics) , applied psychology , clinical psychology , political science , medicine , medical emergency , law , linguistics , philosophy
The investigation of multiple murders is becoming increasingly common to America's communities. With the response to and investigation of such crimes comes significant and unique stress to law enforcement personnel. Such stressors fall into two broad categories: organizational and event. Successful management of this unique type of law enforcement stress requires a strong organizational commitment, specific management programs involving training and critical incident stress debriefing, and community support.