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Well-being, austerity and policing: is it worth investing in resilience training?

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Well-being, austerity and policing: is it worth investing in resilience training? / Hesketh, Ian; Cooper, Cary; Ivy, Jonathan.
In: Police Journal, Vol. 88, No. 3, 09.2015, p. 220-230.

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Hesketh I, Cooper C, Ivy J. Well-being, austerity and policing: is it worth investing in resilience training? Police Journal. 2015 Sept;88(3):220-230. Epub 2015 Aug 4. doi: 10.1177/0032258X15598950

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