Personality Assessment in Police Psychology [electronic resource] : A 21ST Century Perspective

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weiss, Peter A.

Contributor:

Weiss, Peter A., Contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law enforcement--Psychological aspects.

Personality and occupation.

Personality tests.

Police psychology.

Police psychology--Psychological aspects.

Law enforcement.

Local Subjects:

Law enforcement--Psychological aspects.

Personality and occupation.

Personality tests.

Police psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (402 p.)

Place of Publication:

Springfield : Charles C Thomas, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In recent years, personality assessment by professional psychologists has taken on an increasingly important role in the field of police work. Most importantly, personality assessment instruments have been utilized in the pre-employment psychological screening of police officer candidates. This psychological screening takes place at the end of the hiring process to ensure that candidates do not have personality characteristics or existing psychopathology that would interfere with their job performance. Personality assessment is also used for other applications in police psychology. These appli

Contents:

PERSONALITY ASSESSMENTINPOLICE PSYCHOLOGY; CONTENTS; Chapter 1 A BRIEF HISTORY OF PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT IN POLICE PSYCHOLOGY; Chapter 2 FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES IN POLICE PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; Chapter 3 USING THE MMPI-2 IN POLICE PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; Chapter 4 THE USE OF THE PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT INVENTORY IN POLICE AND SECURITY PERSONNEL SELECTION; Chapter 5 USE OF THE INWALD PERSONALITY INVENTORY, HILSON TESTS, AND INWALD SURVEYS FOR SELECTION, "FITNESS-FOR-DUTY" ASSESSMENT, AND RELATIONSHIP COUNSELING; Chapter 6 THE USE OF THE M-PULSE INVENTORY IN LAW ENFORCEMENT SELECTION

Chapter 7 PRE-OFFER POLICE INTEGRITY TESTING: SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATION AND PROFESSIONAL ISSUESChapter 8 USING THE RORSCHACH COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM IN POLICE PSYCHOLOGY; Chapter 9 PREDICTING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER PERFORMANCE WITH PERSONALITY INVENTORIES; Chapter 10 EFFECT SIZES IN POLICE PSYCHOLOGY PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT RESEARCH: A PRIMER; Chapter 11 THE FUTURE OF PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT RESEARCH IN POLICE PSYCHOLOGY: WHAT'S NEXT AND WHAT DO WE NEED?; Chapter 12 PROCEDURAL CONSIDERATIONS IN SECURITY PERSONNEL SELECTION; Chapter 13 ISSUES IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT FITNESS-FOR-DUTY EVALUATION*

Chapter 14 CONDITIONAL SECOND OPINION PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT CANDIDATESChapter 15 USING MULTIPLE SOURCES OF INFORMATION WHEN CONDUCTING MANDATORY OR REQUIRED POLICE PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATIONS; Chapter 16 THE POLITICS OF PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT IN POLICE AGENCIES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-398-07982-X

OCLC:

646788290