Table 2.
Occurrence and frequency of Police Incident Survey events by sex.
| Men |
Women |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traumatic Events | Occurrence N (%) |
Frequency Mean (SD) |
Occurrence N (%) |
Frequency Mean (SD) |
| Mean number of traumatic events | 4.4 (2.1) | 4.0 (2.2) | ||
| Shooting of another officer | 29 (10.8) | 1.5 (0.9) | 4 (3.9) | 1.3 (0.5) |
| Involvement in a shooting | 25 (9.4) | 7.1 (7.7) | 7 (6.8) | 6.1 (7.2) |
| Seeing abused children | 172 (63.9) | 6.7 (10.5) | 65 (63.1) | 8.6 (13.1) |
| Seeing victims of a serious traffic accident |
170 (63.2) | 5.4 (5.3) | 63 (61.2) | 4.9 (4.7) |
| Seeing someone die in front of you | 98 (36.4) | 2.3 (2.3) | 24 (23.3) | 1.5 (0.7) |
| Seeing dead bodies | 220 (81.8) | 7.6 (9.3) | 78 (76.5) | 9.7 (21.9) |
| Seeing severely assaulted victims | 217 (80.7) | 14.7 (14.6) | 75 (72.8) | 10.2 (11.4) |
| Seeing victims of a homicide | 191 (71.0) | 6.0 (7.9) | 59 (57.3) | 4.4 (6.0) |
| Other events | 71 (27.1) | 12.4 (17.0) | 36 (37.5) | 19.8 (45.9) |