Occupational Stress Injuries

This book explores the stress faced by public safety professionals across an array of occupational fields, such as police, correctional officers, paramedics, and firefighters.

Auteur

Rosemary Ricciardelli is Professor in the School of Maritime Studies, and Research Chair in Safety, Security, and Wellness, at Memorial University's Fisheries and Marine Institute, Canada. Elected to the Royal Society of Canada, and a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, her research centres on evolving understandings of gender, vulnerabilities, risk, and experiences and issues within different facets of the criminal justice system.

Joy C. MacDermid is Professor in the School of Physical Therapy at Western University, Canada, and the Scientific Director of FIREWELL, an independent knowledge translation platform and research collaborative with firefighters. Her research includes public safety personnel and Veteran health, work injury, and implementation science.

Lorna Ferguson is a Banting Postdoctoral Researcher at Memorial University of Newfoundland and is the Founder of the Missing Persons Research Hub. Lorna has a broad interest in policing research and developing evidence-based approaches to policing and crime prevention, including issues related to search and rescue, incident command, crime concentration, cybercrime, and persons with mental illness. Currently, she focuses on police responses to missing person cases.

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