Death work: police, trauma, and the psychology of survival

The death and policing Nexus

Death work : the general context

Police survivors of death encounters : theoretical perspective and strategy of inquiry

"Becoming a cop" : basic social and psychological processes

The rookie's experience : introduction to death

Patrol sergeants : routinization of the death encounter

Crime scene detectives : 'technicizing' the death encounter

Homicide detectives : emotional reactions to violent death

Police survivors : genuine threats to the sense of immortality

Reflections and observations.