Psychology in law enforcement : various behavioral symptoms experienced by the police officers / Danilo L. Tancangco. --

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction i -- Chapter 1 Historical background of psychology 1 -- Chapter 2 Stress and police personnel 9 -- Chapter 3 Stresses in law enforcement 25 -- Chapter 4 Job stress in police officers 39 -- Chapter 5 Patterns of reaction 55 -- Chapter 6 Forms of police stress 67 -- Chapter 7 Types of police problems 79 -- Chapter 8 Physical stress symptoms (how our body react) 97 -- Chapter 9 Psychological symptoms 107 -- Chapter 10 Behavioral symptoms 117 -- Chapter 11 Work-related symptoms 129 -- Chapter 12 Recommended coping techniques and tips 141 -- Chapter 13 Reducing family stress (how to separate job stress from home?) 157 -- Chapter 14 Marital problems as an administrative concern 167 -- Chapter 15 Police discretion 177 -- Chapter 16 Strategies for controlling decisions 189 -- Appendices 199 --

"Psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Such study of behavior and human behavior. When applied to humans, psychology cover everything that people think, feel, and do. Psychologists differ in how much importance they place on specific types of behavior. Psychology is the systematic study of human and animal behavior. Psychologist try to understand why living things acts the way they do how they grown up, how they learn and change, an how they differ from one another and even how they get into trouble or become disturbed. Psychology has broader task, ranging from the laboratory study of simple behavior of animal to the complicated behavior of human being as a person and as a social group." --