I Love a Cop, Revised Edition: What Police Families Need to Know | 
| Author: Ellen Kirschman
Publisher: The Guilford Press
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Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 44182
Media: Paperback
Edition: Revised
Pages: 340
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.9 x 1
ISBN: 159385353X
Dewey Decimal Number: 363.2019
EAN: 9781593853532
ASIN: 159385353X
Publication Date: December 16, 2006
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Product Description
Will police work change the person you love? Are police marriages destined to fail? What are the chances of your loved one being killed in the line of duty? Since its publication nearly a decade ago, I Love a Cop has earned high praise from family members and police departments worldwide for providing answers to these and other critical questions. Now, this trusted resource has been revised to address the realities of post-9/11, post-Katrina police work. New topics include coping with separations and long deployments, building resilience, and finding opportunities for growth in the wake of traumatic experiences. The book also provides up-to-date information on organizational stress, alcohol abuse, domestic violence, and special challenges faced by women and minorities on the force. Whether they read it cover to cover or refer to it when problems arise, families will find no-nonsense advice and resources they can depend on.
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 Intended especially for the loved ones of police offers April 12, 2007
Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Written by clinical psychologist Ellen Kirschman, Ph.D., whose specific area of expertise lies in helping police officers and their families, I Love a Cop: What Police Families Need To Know is a straightforward, "tell-the-facts" guide, now in a newly revised edition, written especially for the significant others, spouses, and family members of police officers. Being a cop is a demanding job, and sometimes the very skills required for competence - such as being able to suppress strong emotions like fear, anger, or even compassion - are harmful to officers' private and personal lives if carried over to the home. I Love a Cop gives practical, no-nonsense advice to what to expect from the demands of the job, coping with stress or trauma, and much more. Of especial value are the chapters about dealing with domestic abuse, threats of suicide, or other severe cases and problems - including how to recognize the warning signs and when there is no other option than to just get out. Though I Love a Cop is intended especially for the loved ones of police offers, its solid advice is also highly recommended for the loved ones of anyone in a high-stress, risky or demanding occupation. I Love a Cop is also highly recommended as supplemental reading for anyone considering a policing career, as there is also plenty of sage wisdom about what to expect on the job and how to balance demands of the job with those of family life.
 MUST HAVE BOOK February 13, 2008
A. Davis (Sacramento, CA USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a must have for anyone going into, thinking about going into or already in Law enforcement; especially if you are married or getting married. This book will help prepare you for the social and personal hardships you will face as a police officer. The author uses real stories from police family's to give the reader ways of working out problems in the family unit that are caused directly because of work. This book will not only help you as the cop prepare for whats to come but it will help your loved once understand what you go through on a daily basis and give you the tools you need to have a healthy relationship while serving your community.
Must have book for law officers May 12, 2007
Michael Lovingood
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
This was such a great book I bought one for me and one for my family. I only wish I had bought it sooner.
Good book for those who are married or planning October 15, 2007
Daniel L. Deaton (Richmond, Kentucky USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Myself and my girlfriend have both read this book. Gives interesting insight to the lives of Police families. recommend for anyone
 Not what I expected January 18, 2007
Silvia Gallardo (chula vista , california)
1 out of 12 found this review helpful
The book I love a cop , was a good title for the book if it was for a spouse of a married cop, but it didn't reaLLY COVER WHAT i EXPECTED , being married to a cop I look for soources that will help me and in this book there was alot of jibber jabber that I wasn't intersted in reading for that reason I'm sending it back . 3 stars to the title which was for me was what made me want to buy it, but don't waste your time unless you and your husband are cops.
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