PSY 474 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: California Psychological Inventory, Police Psychology, Personality Test
9 Sep 2016
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Psy 474 forensic psychology t. umina syracuse university. Police selection: the process by which police agencies screen out applicants with undesirable qualities or select in those with desirable qualities. Employed since the early 1900s: 1917: stanford-binet intelligence, 1940s: personality tests beginning to be used, 1950s: psychological and psychiatric screening procedures were standard. Qualities of a successful police officer: problems with ksas = not stable osver time, research agreement on some ksas: honesty, reliability, sensitivity, communication skills, motivation, problem solving skills, and being a team player. Three i"s of police selection: intelligence, integrity, and interaction/interpersonal skills. Ipi (inwald personality inventory) developed for law enforcement to identify applicants best suited for police work. The strongest predictor of police corruption is post-hire misconduct. Police discretion: no list of policies and procedures could possibly guide police officers through all the situations in which they find themselves.
