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Police Officers: Invisible Victims in the Line of Duty

Police Officers: Invisible Victims in the Line of Duty

Michelle N. Eliasson
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 22
ISBN13: 9781799873488|ISBN10: 179987348X|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799873495|EISBN13: 9781799873501
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7348-8.ch003
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Eliasson, Michelle N. "Police Officers: Invisible Victims in the Line of Duty." Invisible Victims and the Pursuit of Justice: Analyzing Frequently Victimized Yet Rarely Discussed Populations, edited by Raleigh Blasdell, et al., IGI Global, 2021, pp. 41-62. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7348-8.ch003

APA

Eliasson, M. N. (2021). Police Officers: Invisible Victims in the Line of Duty. In R. Blasdell, L. Krieger-Sample, & M. Kilburn (Eds.), Invisible Victims and the Pursuit of Justice: Analyzing Frequently Victimized Yet Rarely Discussed Populations (pp. 41-62). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7348-8.ch003

Chicago

Eliasson, Michelle N. "Police Officers: Invisible Victims in the Line of Duty." In Invisible Victims and the Pursuit of Justice: Analyzing Frequently Victimized Yet Rarely Discussed Populations, edited by Raleigh Blasdell, Laura Krieger-Sample, and Michelle Kilburn, 41-62. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2021. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7348-8.ch003

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Abstract

Police officers are exposed to many dangers on the job. Despite this, society may not intuitively consider officers to be victims. Research indicates officers experience various types of victimization on the job, and these victimizations can have direct and indirect physical, mental, and economic impacts on the officer. As a result of violent and nonviolent victimizations in the line of duty, there are negative consequences on officers' wellbeing. Despite this victimhood, police stories are not often headlined in the media, placed on political agendas, or discussed in local communities. Due to the lack of inclusion on these platforms, police officers are invisible victims. This chapter discusses how officers can be considered invisible victims and examines factors that address why society and officers themselves may not equate their experiences to victimization.

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