Ebook Free Download | Death Work: Police, Trauma, and the Psychology of Survival | Vincent Henry is a retired NYPD officer with over 20 years experience. His book - Death Work - is an analysis of the death experience and how it affects law enforcement personnel, specifically members of the NYPD. He takes a look at 5 categories of officers:
- rookies
- sargeants
- homicide detectives
- crime scene technicians
- police survivors (officers who killed suspects, were almost killed by suspects, or who witnessed the death of another officer).
This is definitely an interesting book. Henry's familiarity with both psychology and law enforcement give his conclusions extra weight they might lack coming from a purely academic researcher. If there are flaws in the book, they're in the length and the style. At over 400 pages, it's a serious read on a serious subject. As to style, the writing is a bit unwieldy. This book wasn't intended for the layman; Henry is a scholar writing for a more academic audience. That doesn't make this a bad book at all - if you work in a first response profession (police/fire/EMS) you'll be able to relate to the psychological responses he describes. But if you're expecting something catchy and breezy like Joseph Wambaugh, this ain't it. I'm just sayin'.
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