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102 4 Police and Law Enforcement—Family Forensics Issues surrounding police suicide are lacking and in need of development. Sinc ...

Police Work and Family Stress 103 Suggestions for Future Research The subject of police stress encompasses a large array of topi ...

104 4 Police and Law Enforcement—Family Forensics stress officers endure on a daily basis, it is inevitable that this stress wil ...

Felice Work and Family Stress 105 is defined as an expected, but functional reaction to an abnormal and trauma- producing situat ...

106 4 Police and Law Enforcement—Family Forensics Emotional hardening is a personality characteristic commonly found among many ...

Police Work and Family Stress 107 law enforcement relationship at greater risk for domestic violence (White & Honig, 1995). ...

108 4 Police and Law Enforcement—Family F role in recognizing the effect of law enforcement on families and in providing viable ...

Homosexual Police Officers 109 Although some gay and lesbian officers have received tremendous support from fellow officers, oth ...

110 4 Police and Law Enforcement—Family Forensics Not only do gay officers face harassment or discrimination from fellow officer ...

Homosexual Police Officers 111 that serves to protect its members by being invisible (M. Burke, 1994). In some instances, these ...

112 4 Police and Law Enforcement—Family Forensics respondents would hesitate to give first-aid to a known homosexual officer. Ho ...

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Adult Forensics OVERVIEW The role of psychology in the legal system is both diverse and expansive. In addition, new and/or emerg ...

116 5 Court and the Legal System—-Adult For pretnal negotiations that occur? What are the psychological and legal consequences o ...

Flea Bargaining 117 PLEA BARGAINING Introduction Even those unfamiliar with the criminal justice system have some understanding ...

118 5 Court and the Legal System—Adult Forensics (Abadinsky & Winfree, 1992). It should be noted that the judge is typically ...

Plea Bargaining 119 forensic psychological practitioner. The defendant's competency to enter a plea ot guilty, as well as whethe ...

120 3 Court and the Legal System—Adult Foivnsics Forensic Psychology and Policy Implications With regard to plea bargaining, we ...

Competency to Stand Trial 121 is more obvious and was discussed above (e.g., reduce the number of cases); the advantages to the ...