Compassion fatigue, the reduction of empathy, can affect many people in a variety of fields. The majority of these fields, including medicine, involve traumatic experiences, which can lead to compassion fatigue. One field that has not been studied and researched as much as some fields is law enforcement. Some studies have looked at how compassion fatigue affects law enforcement’s likelihood of violence, and some have researched police officers who work with rape victims. In general, compassion fatigue has an effect on police officers regardless of who they work with.
