Building peace abroad and coming back home: experiences of Swedish police officers

Reintegration of crisis services employees: a systematic literature review

“…It also allows the employee to share and learn from his or her experiences, implement newly learned practices and enhance their well-being (Dupont and Tanner, 2009;Verey and Smith, 2012). However, expectations of the co-workers that the employee returns directly without time to transition back into the work setting, can hinder the reintegration process (Brooks et al, 2015;Feldman and Hanlon, 2012;Saati and Wimelius, 2018;Scannell-Desch and Doherty, 2015).…”

“…First, reintegration can be negatively influenced by the perception of the mission, like a controversial military mission or the lack of appraisal in the civilian organisation where employees return to (Brooks et al, 2015;Heinecken and Wil en, 2019;Hollingsworth et al, 2016;Knobloch et al, 2016;Knobloch and Theiss, 2012;Wright et al, 2015). Employees can also adopt a negative attitude due to possible confrontation with force, violence and abuse when deployed (Harris and Goldsmith, 2009;Saati and Wimelius, 2018). Second, readjusting to routine work can be a challenge because of the uncertainty about the expectations and catching up to any backlog (Paton, 2006;Rubin et al, 2016;Saati and Wimelius, 2018;Wooten, 2013).…”

“…Employees can also develop positive attitudes that enhance their reintegration process and performance (Knobloch et al, 2016;Saati and Wimelius, 2018). This is especially the case when the job demands are in balance with the resources of an employee (Currie et al, 2011).…”

Assembling UN Peacekeeping and Counterterrorism in Ghana

“…Important exceptions here are a few studies on the positive and negative impact -as well as the absence of impact -of peacekeeping on domestic policing and stabilisation. In proposing that peacekeeping experiences may have a positive influence on preventive counterterrorism measures, the article contributes to this handful of studies (Dwyer, 2015;Harig, 2015;Levine, 2016;Saati & Wimelius, 2017) which have illuminated how operational tasks from various multinational missions inform internal security operations at home. Focusing on the unanticipated impacts of peacekeeping participation on domestic security dynamics they -together with the other articles in this special issue -address an empirical gap in the literature (see Albrecht, 2022aAlbrecht, , 2022bAbdallah & Aning, 2022;Edu-Afful, 2022;Aubyn, 2022;Alhassan & Asante, 2022).…”

“…Furthermore, they argue that returned police officers have a "greater capacity and tendency for empathy across social and cultural differences," because they have developed a deepened "sense of tragedy about human nature" during deployment (Harris & Goldsmith, 2009:57). Within the framework of 'democratic policing', Saati and Wimelius (2017) similarly explore how police officers' experiences as peacebuilders are shaping internal policing in Sweden. While the interviewed police officers felt that they had gained new personal and professional knowledge that could be useful in Swedish police work, their peacekeeping experiences were not valued by police authorities, and hence not put to use.…”