ABSTRACT
This chapter offers an account of moral injury that focuses on damage done to a person’s ability or capacity to process and/or respond to the moral issues that are implicit in (primarily) human interactions. Such injury manifests itself in a variety of ways, from misdirected moral emotions to withdrawal from ordinary human interactions to strong tendencies to engage with others in ways that would be deemed inappropriate or harmful. Within law enforcement contexts, those morally injured may include not only police officers who perpetrate or are complicit in violations of others but also bystanders and others whose actions may have a causal connection to the damaging violation. Concluding suggestions are offered as to how law enforcement agencies may minimize moral injury or treat it when it occurs.
