A Crisis in Counseling: Questioning the Role of Crisis Counselors Within Police Departments

Angela S. Jacobs

doi:10.1080/10410236.2013.796437

A Crisis in Counseling: Questioning the Role of Crisis Counselors Within Police Departments

Angela S. Jacobs

Eastern Illinois University

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Abstract

This essay highlights the author’s personal journey through suicide loss and the subsequent police investigation of her spouse’s death. Through a recounting of the loss itself, and details of the police interrogation and attempts at crisis counseling, the author demonstrates how current police protocol and crisis counseling initiatives may (re)victimize trauma survivors.

Original language	American English
Journal	Health Communication
Volume	29
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2013.796437
State	Published - 2014

Keywords

crisis counseling
police departments

Disciplines

Communication
Interpersonal and Small Group Communication
Counseling

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