Patterson, George | MS | PhD (On Leave)

Associate Professor
Phone: (212) 396-7564
Office: 704
Email: george.patterson@hunter.cuny.edu
Areas of Expertise:
Police Social Work
Stress and Coping Among Police Officers and Recruits
Criminal Justice

Education:
Ph.D., SUNY University at Buffalo
M.S., Columbia University School of Social Work
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Courses:
Research Methods

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Scholarship

Patterson, G. T., Chung, I.W., Swan, P. G. (2014). Stress management interventions for police officers and recruits: A meta-analysis. Journal of Experimental Criminology, 10(4), 487-513.

Patterson, G. T., Chung, I.W., Swan, P. G. (2013). Effects of stress management training on physiological, psychological, and behavioral outcomes among police officers and recruits. No. 8 of Crime Prevention Research Review. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services.

Patterson, G. T. (2013). Prisoner reentry: A public health or public safety issue for social work practice? Social Work in Public Health, 28, 129-141.

Patterson, G. T. (2012). Police Social Work, Oxford Bibliographies in Social Work. New York: Oxford University Press.

Patterson, G. T. (2010). Mental Stress and Workers' Compensation Claims Among Police Officers, Journal of Workplace Rights, 14(4), 441-455.

Patterson, G. T. (2009). An Examination of Evidenced-Based Practice Interventions for Public Emergencies, Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work, 6, 274-287.

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.), In Encyclopedia of social work (20th ed.) (Vol. 3, pp. 357-362). New York: Oxford.

Patterson, G. T. (2008). A framework for facilitating cognitive behavioral stress management training with police officers. Social Work with Groups, 31, 53-70.

Wheeler, D. P., & Patterson, G. T. (2008). Prisoner reentry. Health & Social Work, 33, 145-147.