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Law enforcement response to terrorism

D Paton and JM Violanti (2008). Law enforcement response to terrorism: the role of the resilient police organization. International Journal of Emergency Mental Health 10(2): 125. Since September 11 the environment of contemporary policing has changed substantially. At the same time, it has become increasingly evident that police officers often demonstrate considerable resilience in the face of the critical incidents they face. This paper examines how resilience can be developed to promote officer well-being and performance when responding to acts of terrorism. It argues that to achieve this objective, it is necessary to expand the conceptualization of resilience in two important ways. First, terrorism has created an operating environment that differs qualitatively from that in which police agencies had been used to operating...continue to full post

Full post as published by Terrorism Research News on September 24, 2008 (boomark / email).