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Ricciardelli, R., Easterbrook, B. & Turner, J. (2024). The continuum of moral harms: Correctional officers’ perspectives of prison and the influence on their wellness. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, 39, 845–856. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11896-024-09659-w

Rossouw, J. G., Herlofson, J., Geldenhuys, D. J., & Erieau, C. L. (2024). High Adversity Resilience Training (HART): Development for emergency responders and defence. Journal of Applied Neurosciences, 3(1), 1-14.

Soravia, L. M., Schwab, S., Walther, S., & Müller, T. (2021). Rescuers at risk: Posttraumatic stress symptoms among police officers, fire fighters, ambulance personnel, and emergency and psychiatric nurses. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11(602064), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.602064

Teckchandani, T.A., Shields, R.E., Andrews, K.L., Maguire, K.Q., Jamshidi, L., Nisbet, J., Afifi, T.O., Lix, L.M., Stewart, S.H., Sauer-Zavala, S., Krakauer, R.L., Neary, J.P., Krätzig, G.P., & Carleton, R.N. (2024). Trouble with the curve: The 90–9-1 rule to measure volitional participation inequalities among Royal Canadian Mounted Police cadets during training. Frontiers in Psychiatry, (15), 1297953. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1297953

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