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Interests:
Police social work
Criminal justice
Traumatic stress, work and life stress
Cognitive-behavioral coping strategies
Current
Research:
Evaluation of law enforcement traumatic incident and stress management training
Stress, appraisal and coping among police recruits and veteran police officers
Selected
Publications:
Articles:
Patterson, G. T. (in press). An examination of evidenced-based practice interventions for public emergencies.
Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work.
Patterson, G. T. (in press). A composite review of social work research textbooks. Journal of Teaching in Social Work.
Patterson, G. T. (2008). A framework for facilitating stress management educational groups for police officers.
Social Work with Groups, 31, 53-70.
Patterson, G. T. (2007). An exploratory study assessing the effects of demographic characteristics on attitudes toward
child abuse and neglect among police recruits. Psychological Reports, 101, 451-456.
Patterson, G. T. (2007). The role of police officers in elementary and secondary schools: Implications for police-school
social work collaboration. School Social Work Journal, 31, 82-99.
Patterson, G. T. (2007). Examining missing person police reports to identify the service needs of missing children and
their families. Journal of Human Behavior and the Social Environment, 16, 73-88.
Patterson, G. T. (2004). Police social work crisis teams: Practice and research implications. Stress, Trauma and Crisis,
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 Centerattacks.
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 andcoping 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 copingstrategies among police officers. Psychological Reports, 87, 275-283.
Book Chapters:
Patterson, G. T., & Telesco, G. A. (2009). Police officers. In A. Gitterman & R. Salmon (Eds.), Encyclopedia of social work
with groups (pp. 226-227). New York: Routledge.
Patterson, G. T. (2008). Police Social Work. In T. Mizrahi & L. Davis (Eds.), Encyclopedia of social work (20th ed.)
(Vol. 20, pp. 357-362). New York: Oxford.
Patterson, G. T., & Telesco, G. A. (2004). Mass violence and law enforcement personnel. In L. Straussner & N. Phillips
(Eds.), Social work and mass violence (pp. 117-125). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
Patterson, G. T. (2002). The law enforcement response to social problems: Mental health as a case in point. In G. Landsberg, M. Rock, & L. Berg (Eds.), Serving mentally ill offenders and their victims: Challenges and opportunities
for social workers and other mental health professional (pp. 47-50). New York: Springer.
Patterson, G. T. (1999). Coping effectiveness and occupational stress among police officers. In J. M. Violanti & D. Paton (Eds.), Police trauma: The psychological aftermath of civilian combat (pp. 214-226).
Springfield, Ill: Charles C. Thomas.
Column:
Wheeler, D. P., & Patterson, G. T. (2008). Prisoner reentry. Health & Social Work, 33, 145-147.
Monographs:
Patterson, G. T. (2009). Instructor’s manual and test bank to accompany understanding social welfare: A search for
justice by R. Dolgoff and D. Feldstein,8th ed. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
Patterson, G. T. (2007). TestGen and MyHelpingLab to accompany Morales, Sheafor and Scott social work a profession
of many faces 11th ed. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon. (eLearning and assessment tool).
Patterson, G. T. (2007). Instructor’s manual and test bank to accompany Lesser and Pope human behavior in the social environment, 1st ed. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
Patterson, G. T. (2007). Instructor’s manual and test bank to accompany understanding social welfare: A search for justice
by R. Dolgoff and D. Feldstein, 7th ed. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
Patterson, G. T. (2003). Instructor’s manual and test bank to accompany understanding social welfare by R. Dolgoff
and D. Feldstein, 6th ed. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
Newsletter:
Patterson, G. T. (2008). Police social work: A unique area of practice arising from law enforcement functions. Currents
of the NYC Chapter of NASW, 52(8), 1,8-9.
Book Reviews:
Patterson, G. T. (in press). Secondary traumatic stress and the child welfare professional. Josephine G. Pryce, Kimberly K. Shackelford and David H. Pryce. Chicago, Ill: Lyceum Books, Inc., 2006, (2006). Journal of Teaching in Social Work.
Patterson, G. T. (2008). FDNY Crisis Counseling: Innovative Responses to 9/11 Firefighters, Families, and Communities. (2006).Paul Greene by Dianne Kane, Grace Christ, Sallie Lynch, and Malachy Corrigan. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 28, 297-299.
Selected Presentations:
Patterson, G. T. (2008). Police social work: Implications for education and practice. Panel Session organized and chaired, presented paper, at the 54th Annual Program Meeting of the Council on Social Work Education, Philadelphia, PA.
Mallon, G. P., & Patterson, G. T. (2008). Development and evaluation of a post-graduate certificate program in adoption. Poster Session presented at the 54th Annual Program Meeting of the Council on Social Work Education, Philadelphia, PA.
Patterson, G. T. (2008, August). Prisoner reentry policies and practices. Informal Roundtable Discussion presented at the 103rd annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Boston, MA.
Patterson, G. T. (2007, October). The development of a university-community partnership within a school of social work. Paper presented at the 52nd Annual Program Meeting of the Council on Social Work Education, San Francisco, CA.
Patterson, G. T. (2007, August). An examination of psychological distress among police recruits in an urban training academy. Paper presented at the 102nd annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York, NY.
Patterson, G. T. (2006, August). Predictors of attitudes toward child physical abuse, sexual abuse and neglect. Paper presented at the 101st annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Patterson, G. T. (2006, February). Teaching the criminal justice system to social work students. Paper presented at the 52nd Annual Program Meeting of the Council on Social Work Education, Chicago, Il.
Patterson, G. T. (2005, January). Development and validation of the Psychological Distress Scale. Paper presented at the 10th annual meeting of the Society for Social Work and Research, Miami, FL.
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