Illustrated Guide to Crlme Scene Investigation

Sherman, Hal; Petraco, Nicholas

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“…Crime scene investigation is an integral part of criminalistics. Crime scene technicians' primary function is to search, collect, record, package and transport physical evidence from the crime scene to the forensic laboratory (Petraco & Sherman, ). Typical evidence include fingerprints, biological evidence (blood, saliva, etc.…”

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Coping with Work‐related Traumatic Situations among Crime Scene Technicians

Mrevlje

2015

Stress and Health

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Crime scene technicians collect evidence related to crime and are therefore exposed to many traumatic situations. The coping strategies they use are thus very important in the process of facing the psychological consequences of such work. The available literature shows that crime scene technicians are an understudied subgroup of police workers. Our study is therefore the first unfolding insights into technicians' coping strategies, post-traumatic symptomatology and somatic health, based on a sample of 64 male crime scene technicians (85% of all Slovene technicians). Crime scene technicians mainly use avoidance coping strategies. Approach strategies that are more effective in the long-term-i.e. lead to a larger buffering of the effects of traumatic stress-are more frequently used if technicians are familiar with the nature of the task, when they have time to prepare for it, and if they feel that past situations have been positively resolved. Behavioural avoidance strategies were found to be least effective when dealing with traumatic experiences and are also related to more frequent problems of physical health. Results indicate that appropriate trainings for future technicians would facilitate the use of more effective coping strategies and consequently lead to a more effective and satisfied worker. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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confidence: 99%