ISBN:
9780805814187
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (455 p)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Psychology and Policing
DDC:
305.3
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Psychological theory and research have much to contribute to the knowledge and skill bases underlying effective policing. Much of the relevant information, however, is dispersed across a variety of different psychological and criminal justice/policing journals and seldom integrated for those applied psychologists interested in policing issues or for police policymakers/administrators and others working in the criminal justice area who are not familiar with the psychological literature. Designed to accommodate the needs of these different groups, this book addresses both operational po
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; PSYCHOLOGY AND POLICING; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; I PSYCHOLOGY AND OPERATIONAL POLICING; 1 Police Patroling, Resistance, and Conflict Resolution; 2 Driver Behavior and Road Safety; 3 Determinants and Prevention of Criminal Behavior; 4 Information Retrieval: Interviewing Witnesses; 5 Information Retrieval: Reconstructi ng Faces; 6 Eyewitness Testimony and Identification Tests; 7 Offender Testimony: Detection of Deception and GuiIty Knowledge; II PSYCHOLOGY AND ORGANIZATIONAL FUNCTIONING; 8 Personnel Selection; 9 Integrity Testing; 10 Instruction and Training
Description / Table of Contents:
11 Performance Appraisal12 Leadership and Supervision; 13 Group Performance and Decision Making; 14 Shiftwork; 15 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment; 16 Psychological Research and Policing; Author Index; Subject Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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