Assistant Professor

Ph.D.  State University of New York at Buffalo

M.S.   Columbia University, School of Social Work

B.A.   UCLA  

Room: 909, Phone: (212) 452-7101

E-mail: george.patterson@hunter.cuny.edu

Professional Interests:

Police social work

Criminal justice 

Traumatic stress, work and life stress 

Cognitive-behavioral coping strategies

Current Research: 

Evaluation of law enforcement traumatic incident training; and child welfare training 

Stress, appraisal and coping among police recruits

Selected Publications: 

Articles: 

Patterson, G. T. (in press). The role of police officers in elementary and secondary schools: Implications for police-school social work collaboration. School Social Work Journal.

Patterson, G. T. (in press). Examining missing person police reports to identify the service needs of missing children and their families.  Journal of Human Behavior and the Social Environment. 

Patterson, G. T. (2004). Police social work crisis teams: Practice and research implications. Stress, Trauma and Crisis: An International Journal, 7, 93-104.

Patterson, G. T. (2004). Evaluating the effects of child abuse training on the attitudes, knowledge and skills of police recruits.  Research on Social Work Practice, 14, 273-280. 

Patterson, G. T. (2003). Police-social work collaboration in response to the World Trade Center attacks. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, 21, 87-102. 

Patterson, G. T. (2003).  Examining the effects of coping and social support on work and life stress among police officers.  Journal of Criminal Justice, 31, 215-226.  

Patterson, G. T. (2002).  Predicting the effects of military service experience on stressful occupational events in police officers.  Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, 25, 602-618. 

Patterson, G. T. (2002).  Development of a law enforcement stress and coping questionnaire. Psychological Reports, 90, 789-799. 

Patterson, G. T. (2001).  Reconceptualizing traumatic incidents experienced by law enforcement personnel.  The Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies. Retrieved November 12, 2001 from http://www.massey.ac.nz/~trauma/ 

Patterson, G. T. (2001).  The relationship between demographic variables and exposure to traumatic incidents among police officers.  The Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies. Retrieved November 12, 2001 from http://www.massey.ac.nz/~trauma/ 

Patterson, G. T. (2000).  Demographic factors as predictors of coping strategies among police officers.  Psychological Reports, 87, 275-283. 

Monograph:

Patterson, G. T. (2003).  Instructor’s manual and test bank to accompany understanding social welfare by R. Dolgoff and D. Feldstein, 6^th ed. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.