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Conclusions: Policing and Growth

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This research sprang from a career-long interest in policing and a close professional association with police officers over a 35-year period. At the centre of my professional experience has been a focus on trauma, working with domestic violence survivors and perpetrators, homicide victim’s families, victims of natural disaster and offenders in a prison setting.

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Paterson, A. (2021). Conclusions: Policing and Growth. In: Trauma and Resilience in Contemporary Australian Policing. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4416-0_11

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