A handbook for psychological fitness-for-duty evaluations in law enforcement / Cary D. Rostow, Robert D. Davis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rostow, Cary D.

Contributor:

Davis, Robert D. (Robert Douglas), 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Police psychology--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Police psychology.

Law enforcement--Psychological aspects--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Law enforcement.

Police--Health and hygiene--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Police.

Police--Health and hygiene.

Law enforcement--Psychological aspects.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

xv, 320 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Haworth Clinical Practice Press : Haworth Reference Press, [2004]

Contents:

Law enforcement agencies and police psychology

Police culture and assessment/therapy issues

Law enforcement liability and police psychology

Usefulness of fitness-for-duty evaluations in law enforcement agencies

Defining the fitness-for-duty evaluation

Developing a fitness-for-duty evaluation system

Forms and styles for the fitness-for-duty evaluation in law enforcement

Assessment : methods and procedures

Fitness for duty report recommendations

Expert witnesses and the defense of selection/fitness decisions

Reasons for fitness-for-duty evaluations

Misuse of fitness-for-duty evaluations

Confidentiality of psychological information and the HIPAA in police psychology

The Americans with Disabilities Act and fitness-for-duty evaluations

The Family Medical Leave Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and fitness-for-duty evaluations

Reflections and the future of law enforcement fitness-for-duty evaluations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-302) and index.

ISBN:

0789023962

0789023970

OCLC:

54007186