Law and Mental Health: Understanding police officer mental health and wellness from

Описание: Law and Mental Health: Understanding police officer mental health and wellness from a social ecological perspective -Kathleen Padilla, Ph.D.

Kathleen E. Padilla, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the School of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Texas State University. She received her PhD from the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University in 2021 and completed a Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University in 2022 which evaluated a police officer wellness program. Her work has focused on police officer mental health and wellness, police-community relationships, and qualitative methodologies. Dr. Padilla’s research has been published in Occupational Medicine; Psychology, Public Policy, & Law; Justice Evaluation Journal; and Journal of Experimental Criminology.

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe contributors to police officer stress at the individual, organizational, community, and societal level.
2. Explain physiological and psychological consequences of mismanaged stress on police officers.
3. Critique current efforts to assist in stress management for police officers.

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