Police Psychology
eBook - PDF

Police Psychology

A New Specialty and New Challenges for Men and Women in Blue

  1. 184 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Police Psychology

A New Specialty and New Challenges for Men and Women in Blue

About this book

Go behind the scenes of police work with this unique book that opens the door to the psychological side of policing. Police Psychology: A New Specialty and New Challenges for Men and Women in Blue offers readers the opportunity to examine two different aspects of police psychology: psychology as it pertains to the personality of police officers and the application of psychology in police practices. The book takes readers inside the lives of real officers struggling with the daily quest to remain mentally healthy in the face of often-gruesome crime scenes. The actual experience of police work is illustrated through case studies and vignettes, and the text offers a template of best practices for those who practice police psychology. Other insights in this book reveal the practical side of policing, examining the use of psychology in hostage negotiation, interview and interrogation, threat assessment, and criminal profiling. Readers go behind the scenes to watch as police apply psychological principles in actual cases, and then are given the opportunity to match wits with a simulated foe themselves.

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Information

Publisher
Praeger
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9780313387289
eBook ISBN
9780313387296

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. 1 The History and Application of Police Psychology
  4. 2 The Police Personality
  5. 3 Police Trauma, Critical Incidents, and Stressors
  6. 4 Critical Incident Stress Management/Psychological Services
  7. 5 Hostage Negotiation
  8. 6 Interview and Interrogation
  9. 7 The Psychology of Threat Assessment
  10. 8 The Psychology of Profiling
  11. 9 Conclusion
  12. Appendix A: Triple Homicide Interview
  13. Appendix B: Criminal Profile of the Mack
  14. Index
  15. About the Author