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Les modalités de la prise en charge et de la gestion des événements traumatiques vécus par les policiers au cours de leurs fonctions au Québec
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Leclercq, C. |
| Copyright Year | 2008 |
| Abstract | The aim of this thesis is to explore the management of traumatic events experienced by Quebec' s police officers patrol officers, detectives and S W A T units in their work. It condenses a mixed methodology of survey (n=267), interviews(n=54) and observation (n=l) in order to analyse the nature and frequency of these traurnatic events. It also considers how the management of traurnatic events is modulated by formaI and/or informaI resources of working organizations and relations between actors. The results indicate that 32% of police officers have experienced various traumatic events in their work: deadly road accident (14,28%), discovery of corpse (15,38%), road pur suit (6,60%), colleague's death (6,60%), arrest of non controlled people (6%), deadly accident involving children (5,50%),gunshot (5,50%), attack and act of violence against police officers (5,50%) and death of suspects during operation (5,50%). FinaIly, analyses of the relations between the risk of a traumatic experience and factors like working unit; academic level, age and working years experience show that the following groups are more at risk : S W A T unit' s police officers who are high school graduates, police officers agéd from 35 to 44 years who are high school graduates, police officers who are high school graduates with one to five years of working experience and, finally, police officers aged from 25 to 34 years with six to ten years of working experience. More than half of police officers (58,10%) who lived one or several traumatic events have received help or asked for it. This help has been modulated by formaI and/or informaI resources inside or outside the police organisation (Employees Assistance Pro gram, psychological debriefings, private professionals, help from colleagues, superiors, family members, friends, etc.). However, different practices exist despite the type of service where police officers work and the manager style. Besides, geographic distance and professional culture seem to act upon the quality of management of traumatic events inside the police departments. Nevertheless, the results demonstrate that even if formaI resources are used during the management of traumatic events, the informaI management is essential. In both cases, their quality depends, in aIl or partially, on the type of |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://papyrus.bib.umontreal.ca/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1866/6533/Leclercq_Cecile_2008_these.pdf?isAllowed=y&sequence=1 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
