@article{ref1,
title="No Burnout at this Coal-Face: Managing Occupational Stress in Forensic Personnel and the Implications for Forensic and Criminal Justice Agencies",
journal="Psychiatry, psychology and law",
year="2015",
author="Kelty, S.F. and Gordon, H.",
volume="22",
number="2",
pages="273-290",
abstract="Working as a police officer, psychiatric intern, crime scene expert or forensic physician can be stressful and these occupations have high burnout rates. Almost 20% of police officers and other justice-related emergency management personnel develop heightened occupational stress. In some Australian law-enforcement agencies, attrition rates of close to 50% over 3 years have been reported for forensic practitioners and crime scene examiners (CSEs). Included in these rates are a large number of CSEs who report long-term psychological injury due to their exposure to serious crime scenes. We interviewed 19 CSEs designated by their workplaces as performing at a high level to determine how they manage this stressful occupational. The CSEs were aware of the potential stress of their occupation and actively engaged in self stress-management strategies. In this article, we overview the results with attention given to why forensic organizations should invest in promoting stress-management strategies in their employees. © 2014 The Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1321-8719",
doi="10.1080/13218719.2014.941092",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2014.941092"
}