1. Living Through Troubled Times

I. “Hi, Honey. I’m Home.”

2. Married to the Job: Myths, Realities, and Relationships

3. The Way It Is: The Givens of Police Work

4. The Police Officer’s Paradox

5. Growing Old in a Young Person’s Profession: How Officers Change with Time

6. Organizational Stress: Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places

II. Remarkable Events

Trauma

7. Critical Incidents, Stress, and Trauma

8. From Victim to Survivor: Working Through Trauma

9. From Battlefront to Homefront: Families and Trauma

10. Kids and Trauma

Emotional Extremes

11. Domestic Abuse

12. Alcoholism, Suicide, and Addiction

Getting Help

13. Getting the Help You Need When You Need It

III. Special Families, Special Issues

14. Swimming Upstream: Special Challenges Facing Women, Minority, and LGBTQ Cops

15. Cop Couples

IV. Summing Up

16. Success Stories

Epilogue

Resources