Police Selection and Training The Role of Psychology
The New Police Officer During the past twenty years the tasks required of police officers have expanded and changed with dramatic rapidi ty. The tradi tional roles of the police had been those of law enforcement and the maintenance of public order. As a consequence police officers were typically lar...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1986, 1986
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1986 |
| Series: | NATO Science Series D:, Behavioural and Social Sciences
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 14. Evaluating the Police: Attitudes, Competency and Credibility
- Section II - Delegates’ Papers
- 1. Psychological Standards Research for California Law Enforcement Officers
- 2. Assessment Strategy for Special Unit Assignments: An Alternative to Psychological Tests
- 3. Municipal Police Evaluation: Psychometric Versus Behavioural Assessment
- 4. Police Selection and Training in West Germany
- 5. Resignation During Police Training in Britain
- 6. Leadership Training and an Integrated Introduction to Psychology for Police Officers
- 7. Helping Young Policemen Cope with Stress and Manage Conflict Situations
- 8. Integrating Women into Law Enforcement
- 9. Interviewing Development: Facing up to Reality
- 10. “Special Care Questioning” of Mentally Vulnerable Victims and Witnesses of Crime
- 11. Police and Public Perceptions of the Police Role: Moving Towards a Reappraisal ofPolice Professionalism
- 12. The Psychologist as an Agent for Change
- 13. Community Liaison Specialists - A British Perspective
- Section I - Lecturers’ Chapters
- 1. Recruit Selection in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- 2. Critical Issues for the Police Psychologist in Training Police
- 3. The Development of Training, and the Need for In-Service Training
- 4. The Panacea of Training and Selection
- 5. Training Police for Social Work? - Experiences from a German Program
- 6. The Contribution of Psychology to the Development of Police Training in Britain (with Particular Emphasis on Metropolitan London)
- 7. An Evaluation of Police Recruit Training in Human Awareness
- 8. The Limits of Police Community Relations Training
- 9. The Public and the Police: Training Implications of the Demand for a New Model Police Officer
- 10. Officer-Involved Shootings: Effects, Suggested Procedures and Treatment
- 11. Police and the Mentally Disordered
- 12. Criminal Psychopaths
- 13. The Inheritance of Human Deviance: Anti-Genetic Bias and the Facts
- 14. Meaningful Research in the Police Context