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The Psychological Effects of Police Work

A Psychodynamic Approach

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  • © 1991

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Authors:
  1. Philip Bonifacio

    1. John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, New York, USA

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Part of the book series: Criminal Justice and Public Safety (CJPS)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. An Overview of the Psychodynamic Approach

    • Philip Bonifacio
    Pages 1-21

  3. Why Everybody Loves and Hates Cops

    • Philip Bonifacio
    Pages 23-42

  4. Why Cops Love and Hate Everybody

    • Philip Bonifacio
    Pages 43-68

  5. Why Cops Love and Hate the Work

    • Philip Bonifacio
    Pages 69-91

  6. How Cops React to Ambivalence

    • Philip Bonifacio
    Pages 93-123

  7. A Psychodynamic View of Some Issues in Police Work

    • Philip Bonifacio
    Pages 125-160

  8. Clinical Reactions to the Effects of Police Work

    • Philip Bonifacio
    Pages 161-186

  9. Some Modest Proposals

    • Philip Bonifacio
    Pages 187-205

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 207-224
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About this book

SOME DISCLAIMERS It is somewhat unusual to begin a book by declaring what it is not, but the topic of police behavior is so complex that it requires the writer to state as early as possible the limits of what he has written here to describe and explain a police officer's experience. In order for the reader to get a clear idea of what areas of police behavior are to be described, it is nec­ essary to delineate those aspects of police behavior that are beyond the scope of this book. First of all, this book is about the psychological effects of police work on policemen: male police officers. Nearly all of the police officers with whom I have worked have been men, so my impressions and opinions are based on the experiences of male police officers. Consequently, descriptions and expla­ nations of the motivations, anxieties, psychological defenses, and resultant behavior of police officers must be limited to policemen. I believe that there are significant differences in the psychological effects of police work on men and women, but this book does not address this issue.

Authors and Affiliations

  • John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, New York, USA

    Philip Bonifacio

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Psychological Effects of Police Work

  • Book Subtitle: A Psychodynamic Approach

  • Authors: Philip Bonifacio

  • Series Title: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0600-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1991

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-43955-1Published: 31 October 1991

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-0602-1Published: 25 May 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-0600-7Published: 21 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 224

  • Topics: Clinical Psychology, Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, Political Science

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