13 research outputs found
A Favorable Legal Environment for Voucher Programs
No full textA pressing legal issue at the close of the millennium is the use of public tax dollars to assist parents, especially lower income parents, with the rising tuition at private schools. The idea of vouchers, as they have been commonly named, has been argued in legal circles for decades. However, the 1990s have seen a particular urgency on this issue as several states have passed legislation implementing pilot programs. This article summarizes the current state of the debate, reviews significant legal cases, and highlights the differences among individual states in their interpretation and application of the law. While maintaining that a properly designed voucher program could pass constitutional review by the U.S. Supreme Court, the author argues that broader public policy and justice issues are at stake
Walk in Balance: Training Crisis Intervention Team Police Officers as Compassionate Warriors
No full textThe Relationship Between Mindfulness and Posttraumatic Growth in Law Enforcement Officers
No full textTrauma-Related Sleep Problems and Associated Health Outcomes in Police Officers: A Path Analysis
No full text Police officers are frequently exposed to two different types of potentially traumatic events: one dealing with physical threats to self and the other involving the witnessing of harm to others. These different types of traumatic experiences are thought to produce various posttraumatic reactions. Furthermore, sleep problems are also reported as a hallmark of posttraumatic stress disorder. There is evidence, however, that sleep problems may mediate the relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and health outcomes, especially physical health and depression. Previous research has shown this to be the case among officers from large urban agencies. The purpose of the present study was to test a model involving a pathway from trauma type and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms to physical health and depression that is mediated by sleep quality in officers ( N = 193) using data from small- to mid-size police agencies. Results revealed that sleep problems served as a mediator between posttraumatic stress disorder hyperarousal and avoidance symptoms and health outcomes, that the trauma types are related to different posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, and that complicated relationships exist between the study variables. In addition, the results indicated that approximately 25% of our sample displayed probable partial posttraumatic stress disorder or probable full posttraumatic stress disorder, causing substantial functional impairment. Suggestions for improving officer health and performance in the field are provided. Specifically, it appears that interventions designed to address posttraumatic stress disorder hyperarousal symptoms related to personal life threat and the posttraumatic stress disorder avoidance symptoms related to the witnessing of human suffering may maximize officer sleep quality and ultimately overall wellness. In particular, mindfulness-based interventions are well suited for addressing these symptom clusters. </jats:p
Relationships among traumatic experiences, PTSD, and posttraumatic growth for police officers: A path analysis.
No full textEndovascular Treatment of Vertebral Column Metastases Using Intra-Arterial Cisplatin: Pilot Experience
No full textBackground and Importance. Treatment of spinal column metastatic tumors is challenging, especially in the setting of progressive disease despite previous radiation and chemotherapy. Intra-arterial chemotherapy is an uncommonly used but established treatment for head and neck cancers, retinoblastoma, and glioblastoma. The author reports extension of the IAC concept to vertebral metastatic tumors. Clinical Presentation. Two patients with intractable spinal pain secondary to spinal metastatic involvement at T11-L1 segments were treated with intra-arterial injections of cisplatin, with simultaneous sodium thiosulfate chelation. The first patient, a 60-year old female with metastatic lung carcinoma underwent, three cycles of therapy over a 9-week period; the treated regions demonstrated bone remodeling and sclerosis. The second case was a 40-year old male with malignant pheochromocytoma, who underwent a single treatment and succumbed 5 weeks later from progressive widespread disease. Both patients reported significant pain relief and neither of them exhibited a decline in neurologic function. Conclusion. The intra-arterial delivery of cisplatin appeared to be well tolerated in the two cases. In the case with the longest survival, the treated vertebral segments became more sclerotic, consistent with biomechanical stabilization. Endovascular treatment of spinal metastases may hold promise, especially as newer categories of biologic agents become more widely available
Moral Injury And Its Connection To Compassion Fatigue, Compassion Satisfaction, And Burnout
No full textRecent research demonstrates the need to examine the concepts of moral injury and professional quality of life (compassion fatigue, compassion satisfaction, and burnout) in police officers. Building on these findings, the current study aims to determine the prevalence of these psychological concepts in a large municipal police department, as well as potential group differences in the prevalence of these concepts. Further, the study explores whether the psychological concepts of moral injury and compassion fatigue, also known as secondary traumatic stress, are associated within the sample of police officers. Finally, the study examined the potential of moral injury being a significant predictor of compassion fatigue (Papazoglou & Chopko, 2017). Initial Spearman’s correlation coefficient analyses found significant relationships between moral injury and compassion fatigue. Exploratory linear regression analyses determined that moral injury and burnout consistently predicted compassion fatigue, even while controlling for sex, education level, and years of experience.Master of Science (MS)Criminal Justic
Spirituality and health outcomes among police officers: empirical evidence supporting a paradigm shift
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