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Title: I Love a Cop: What Police Families Need to Know by Ellen Kirschman ISBN: 1-57230-193-7 Publisher: Guilford Press Pub. Date: 07 March, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.22 (23 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An indispensable tool for understanding the cop mind
Comment: Even if you're not married to, or otherwise involved with, a police officer, this book can help you to understand a great deal of the police culture, mindset, and worldview. Its descriptions of the character of the typical police officer and of how that officer evolves over the usual 20-year career are particularly valuable. And it offers insights into the home life of cops and how they cope. Both failed and successful relationships are covered, and in the end the tone is upbeat and optimistic.
Also read "Cop World," by James McClure; "Homicide," by David Simon; "Cops," by Mark Baker; and Connie Fletcher's "Pure Cop," "What Cops Know," and "Breaking and Entering: Women Cops Talk About Life in the Ultimate Men's Club."
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent resource for law enforcement families!
Comment: My husband is a veteran police officer with 11 years on the streets. I've been with him for 7 of those years. I would strongly recommend this book to anyone in the early stages of a relationship with a police officer or to anyone who just doesn't quite understand why living with a police officer is so much different than living with anyone else. It goes far beyond dealing with shift work & overtime! Being a police officer isn't just a job to the officer, it's who they are, not simply what they do for a living. The uniform & badge may come off, but he or she is still a police officer. In itself, that's very difficult to get accustomed to living with on a daily basis. It's definitely a book that every law enforcement family needs to read..and it's a great reference book as well.
Rating: 5
Summary: A good read for those who know (and love) a cop
Comment: I bought this book years ago, after my boyfriend made it clear he intended to become a Police Officer. About 5 years later, we are still together, and he is about to enter the Police Academy. Reading this book early on allowed me to better understand what he was going to be going through, and what our relationship would likely endure as well.
His parents were less than enthusiastic about his decision, but a lot of that comes from fear. This book helped me toss aside my own fear, and deal with just the facts. Thanks in part to this book, I have been able to help him defend his decision, and at the very least help his mother come to terms more with his choice (his dad is still a work in progress).
Of course this book won't be able to cover every potential problem or situation. But, there are lessons to be learned, even by reading between the lines, that will help you have a better, stronger relationship with your loved one who is a cop.
As for Dr. Kirschman, she works in Oakland, CA as a police psychologist. I live a few miles away from Oakland, and know a good number of officers who know Dr. Kirschman personally. They all have expressed to me that they like and respect her, and thought that my reading her book was probably a very good thing for my relationship with my boyfriend.
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Title: Cops Don't Cry: a book of help and hope for police families by Vali Stone ISBN: 0921165625 Publisher: Creative Bound Pub. Date: 01 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Force Under Pressure: How Cops Live and Why They Die by Lawrence Blum, Laurence Blum ISBN: 1930051123 Publisher: Lantern Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: What Cops Know : What Cops Know by Connie Fletcher ISBN: 0671750402 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 1992 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Copshock : Surviving Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) by Allen R. Kates ISBN: 0966850106 Publisher: Holbrook Street Pr Pub. Date: May, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Married to the Badge : A Wife's Tale of Survival by Kimberly C. Davis, Kimberly C. Williams Davis ISBN: 0971171408 Publisher: Blue Line Publishing Pub. Date: June, 2001 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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