TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - No Burnout at this Coal-Face: Managing Occupational Stress in Forensic Personnel and the Implications for Forensic and Criminal Justice Agencies
JO  - Psychiatry, psychology and law
A1  - Kelty, S.F.
A1  - Gordon, H.
SP  - 273
EP  - 290
VL  - 22
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1321-8719
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2014.941092
ID  - ref1
ER  -