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The Emotional Impact on and Coping Strategies Employed by Police Teams Investigating Internet Child Exploitation

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	Abstract

Work on Internet child exploitation (ICE) teams require individuals to perform a number of investigative tasks, including viewing graphic images and videos of young children being sexually assaulted and tortured, to identify victims and locate perpetrators. Individuals involved in this work may be at higher risk for experiencing secondary traumatic stress because of the graphic images and sounds to which they are exposed. The impact of ICE investigations and what helps and hinders coping with the work was explored using the Critical Incident Technique with 14 members of a Royal Canadian Mounted Police integrated ICE team. Results suggest that there are a number of organizational and personal strategies that can assist those who work in this field to cope more effectively.

First published on May 29, 2008, doi:10.1177/1534765608319082

Traumatology 2008;14:20.

A more recent version of this article appeared on June 1, 2008


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