ABSTRACT

The Handbook of Police Psychology features contributions from over 30 leading experts on the core matters of police psychology. The collection surveys everything from the beginnings of police psychology and early influences on the profession; to pre-employment screening, assessment, and evaluation; to clinical interventions.

Alongside original chapters first published in 2011, this edition features new content on deadly force encounters, officer resilience training, and police leadership enhancement. Influential figures in the field of police psychology are discussed, including America’s first full-time police psychologist, who served in the Los Angeles Police Department, and the first full-time police officer to earn a doctorate in psychology while still in uniform, who served with the New York Police Department.

The Handbook of Police Psychology is an invaluable resource for police legal advisors, policy writers, and police psychologists, as well as for graduates studying police or forensic psychology.

chapter 1|63 pages

Introduction and History of Police Psychology

Edited ByJack Kitaeff

part 2|113 pages

Pre-employment Psychological Screening

part 3|130 pages

Training and Evaluation

part 4|99 pages

Police Procedure

chapter 17|25 pages

Police Use of Force

chapter 19|19 pages

Domestic Violence

An Analysis of the Crime and Punishment of Intimate Partner Abuse

chapter 20|18 pages

Police Interviews With Suspects

International Perspectives

part 5|60 pages

Clinical Practice

chapter 22|17 pages

Police Personality

Theoretical Issues and Research

chapter 23|34 pages

Police and Public Safety Complex Trauma and Grief

An Eco-ethological Existential Analysis

part 6|103 pages

Treatment and Dysfunction

chapter 25|13 pages

Cops in Trouble

Psychological Strategies for Helping Officers Under Investigation, Criminal Prosecution, or Civil Litigation

chapter 29|17 pages

The Disconnected Values Model

A Brief Intervention of Improving Healthy Habits and Coping With Stress in Law Enforcement