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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Routine work environment stress and PTSD symptoms in police officers.

29 Sep 2009 This study examined the relationship between routine work environment stress and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in a sample of police officers (N = 180) who were first assessed during academy training and reassessed 1-year later. In a ... Read more...

Belt use: comparison of NASS-CDS and police crash reports.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: This study compares belt use in police reports with NASS-CDS investigator-determined belt use. The NASS-CDS cases were analyzed by severity of occupant injury and the crash type. METHODS: 1993-2007 NASS-CDS was analyzed for occupant ... Read more...

Smokefree outdoor areas without the smoke-police: the New Zealand local authority experience.

23 Sep 2009 AIM: To investigate (i) the extent, nature and effectiveness of smokefree outdoor area (SFOA) policies in New Zealand, (ii) incentives and motivations for, and barriers to creating these SFOA. METHODS: Literature and media searches were conducted ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Police'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• New models of collaboration between criminal justice and mental health systems. 30 Oct 2009
• Additional information on taser safety. 30 Oct 2009
• Police find range of drugs after trawling bins used by Tour de France cyclists. 11 Oct 2009
• Routine work environment stress and PTSD symptoms in police officers. 29 Sep 2009
• Belt use: comparison of NASS-CDS and police crash reports. 29 Sep 2009
• Smokefree outdoor areas without the smoke-police: the New Zealand local authority experience. 23 Sep 2009
• [Frequency of forensic autopsies after deaths in road traffic accidents] 22 Sep 2009
• Policing the past: cold case studies, forensic evidence and retroactive social control. 30 Aug 2009
• Crime, policing and social order: on the expressive nature of public confidence in policing. 30 Aug 2009
• Commentary: A legal perspective on diabetes surveillance--privacy and the police power. 30 Aug 2009
• Commentary: Causal pathways of relative motor vehicle crash fatality risk are hard to estimate from police records. 30 Jul 2009
• Duly Authorized Officers' practices under mental health law in New Zealand: Are nurses meeting the requirements of the law? 30 Jul 2009
• "The Sergeant wants to acupuncture me": a personal lens into the introduction of a traditional Eastern therapy to Indigenous Australians. 30 Jul 2009
• Road traffic injuries in Iran: the role of interventions implemented by traffic police. 30 Jul 2009
• Commentary: evaluation of driver fitness--the role of continuing medical education. 30 Jul 2009
• A day at the races: does alcohol strength make a difference? 30 Jul 2009
• Prevalence and incidence of HIV-1 and HIV-2 before, during and after a civil war in an occupational cohort in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa. 29 Jul 2009
• Drug use patterns among Thai illicit drug injectors amidst increased police presence. 19 Jul 2009
• Cortisol patterns and brachial artery reactivity in a high stress environment. 15 Jul 2009
• Physiologic effects of the TASER after exercise. 8 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Police'

Definition: Agents of the law charged with the responsibility of maintaining law and order among the citizenry.

Descriptor UI: D016495

Alternative terms: Police; Law Enforcement Officers; Enforcement Officer, Law; Enforcement Officers, Law; Law Enforcement Officer; Officer, Law Enforcement; Officers, Law Enforcement; Police Force; Police Forces; Police Officers; Officer, Police; Officers, Police; Police Officer;

Related Mesh Headings: Law Enforcement;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; organization & administration; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: I01.880.604.646; M01.526.760;

History Note: 92

Technical Notes: few qualif apply; psychology of the policeman or policewoman: no qualif with POLICE