In 1989, the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies mandated that every police authority seeking accreditation with the Commission must have access to psychological support and consultation. This timely text offers an extensive and current overview of the services psychologists can offer to law enforcement. Organized under major subject areas--assessment, intervention, consultation and training--it deals with such issues as officer recruit selection, fitness for duty evaluations, stress counseling, hostage negotiation, investigative hypnosis, psychological profiling, management consultations and much more.
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In 1989, the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies mandated that every police authority seeking accreditation with the Commission must have access to psychological support and consultation. This timely text offers an extensive and current overview of the services psychologists can offer to law enforcement. Organized under major subject areas--assessment, intervention, consultation and training--it deals with such issues as officer recruit selection, fitness for duty evaluations, stress counseling, hostage negotiation, investigative hypnosis, psychological profiling, management consultations and much more.
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Police as an administrative and functional arm of organized society is a product of the 19th century. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
lazv enforcement, future performance difficulty, police psychological services, traumatic critical incident, critical incident counseling, traumatized officer, interpretive counseling, police psychology, lazo enforcement, investigative hypnosis, successful police officers, recruit selection, critical incident situation, screening test battery, behavioral science services, evaluating psychologist, police selection, recoil phase, behavioral science unit, postdoctoral internship, police psychologist, police managers, psychological autopsy, crisis consultation, law enforcement setting Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Police Services Institute, American Psychological Association, Wonderlic Personnel Test, Very Poor Average Outstanding, Metropolitan Police, New York City, World War, California Personality Inventory, Inwald Personality Inventory, Secret Service, Academic Court San Antonio, Individual Law Enforcement Officer, American Psychiatric Association, Critical Incident Stress Debriefing, Director of the Personnel Section, Holmes Stress Scale, Proposal Analysis Group, Senior Fellowship, South Deerfield, Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised, Bailiff Deputy, Behavior That Incites, California Psychological Inventory New!
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- American Psychological Association by John A. Lazo in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Henry Fielding a Life by Donald Thomas on page 9, and Back Matter
- Encyclopedia of Psychology, 4 Volume Set (Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science) by Raymond J. Corsini in Back Matter
- Organized Crime (Crime and Detection) by J. Anderson Black on page 48
- Stress Management (National Safety Council) by National Safety Council on page 323
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- Treating Police Stress: The Work and the Words of Peer Counselors by John M. Madonna on page 13, and Back Matter
- Deadly Force Encounters: What Cops Need To Know To Mentally And Physically Prepare For And Survive A Gunfight by Alexis Artwohl in Back Matter
- Behaviour, Crime and Legal Processes: A Guide for Forensic Practitioners by James McGuire on page 60
- Police Suicide: Tactics for Prevention by Dell P. Hackett on page 6
- Serial Offenders: Current Thought, Recent Findings by Louis B. Schlesinger in Back Matter
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