Police Force Personnel, Moral Injury and the Role of Chaplains: An Exploratory Scoping Review

This report is an initial exploratory scoping review prepared for the Australian Federal Police. Support for this report was provided by La Trobe University, Department of Public Health Participatory Field Placement Internship program (PHE3PFP).

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