Behind the Badge

Sharon M. Freeman Clevenger, MS, MSN, APRN-BC, PMHCNS-BC, is the CEO and Founder of the Indiana Center for Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Adjunct Professor of Psychology at Indiana/Purdue Universities. She is certified as a Diplomate, Fellow, and Trainer by the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. Laurence Miller, PhD, PA, is an Adjunct Professor at Florida Atlantic University and Palm Beach State College. He is a clinical and forensic police psychologist for the West Palm Beach Police Department, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, and Troop L of the Florida Highway Patrol. Bret A. Moore, PsyD, ABPP, is an Adjunct Associate Professor in Psychiatry at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. In 2008, Dr. Moore left active duty service in the U.S. Army, where he served as a captain and clinical psychologist with the 85th Combat Stress Control unit based in Fort Hood, Texas. Arthur Freeman, EdD, ABPP, ACT, is Professor and Executive Director of Clinical Psychology in Behavioral Medicine at Midwestern University. He is Past-President of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies and the International Association for Cognitive Psychotherapy. He is a Distinguished Founding Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy.

Foreword A.T. Beck PART ONE: Understanding the Law Enforcement Officer 1. Introduction S.F. Clevenger 2. The Law Enforcement Officer S.F. Clevenger 3. Assessment and Evaluation: Collecting the Requisite Building Blocks for Treatment Planning S.F. Curran 4. Of Mind and Body: Health Consequences of Stress and Trauma on Police Officers J. Violanti 5. Critical Incident Stress Debriefing: What is the State of the Science? B. Burque, M.M. Baker, V.V. Hasselt, J. Couwels 6. Law Enforcement officers Engaging with Military Members in the Community K.C. Kalmbach 7. Special Issues with Military Law Enforcement Officers D. Wilson, J. Price, B. Burque 8. Correctional Officer Stress A. Brockman, B. Burque, V.V Hasselt, M.M. Baker PART TWO: Special Topics for Law Enforcement Officers 9. Police Officers in the Legal System L.Miller 10. Special Units Policing: Hostage Negotiation, Undercover and Sex Crimes L. Miller 11. Polices Officer Stress: Syndromes and Strategies for Intervention L. Miller 12. Managing Mentally Ill Individuals L. Miller 13. Fatal Crash Investigation: First Responder Issues R.T. Codd, III 14. Post-Traumatic Growth in Police Officers: Guidelines for Facilitating Post-Traumatic Growth S. Joseph, D. Murphy, S. Regal 15. The Law Enforcement Chaplain: Grief, Honor, Loss and Compassion C. Heiny, R. Douglas