Learning Objectives
- Define and describe the common activities and tasks of police psychologists.
- Discuss police culture, and emphasize that it is not necessarily homogeneous.
- Provide an overview of job analysis and various types of validity as they relate to the assessment of police applicants.
- Describe various psychological tests and inventories used in the assessment of candidates for law enforcement positions.
- Examine police suicide.
- Describe the roles of psychologists and mental health professionals in assessing and treating officers after critical incidents, such as hostage taking, mass casualties, and shootings.
- Review research findings on police bias and the use of excessive force by police.