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Crime scene investigators and traumatic event-related stress : a quantitative study / Jalika Rivera Waugh.

By: Material type: TextSeries: SAGE research methods. CasesPublisher: London : SAGE Publications, 2016Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781473950108 (ebook) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.25019 23
LOC classification:
  • HV6791
Online resources: Is there a connection between exposure to traumatic death events and event-related stress (whether perceived or actual) for crime scene investigators? To explore this untapped group, a non-experimental survey research methodology was used. Data were collected from a sample of crime scene investigators who are members of two professional forensic organizations: the American Academy of Forensic Science and the Florida Division of the International Association for Identification. The research findings indicated no correlation existed between levels of stress and number of traumatic death events investigated.
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Is there a connection between exposure to traumatic death events and event-related stress (whether perceived or actual) for crime scene investigators? To explore this untapped group, a non-experimental survey research methodology was used. Data were collected from a sample of crime scene investigators who are members of two professional forensic organizations: the American Academy of Forensic Science and the Florida Division of the International Association for Identification. The research findings indicated no correlation existed between levels of stress and number of traumatic death events investigated.

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