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Psychological services for law enforcement

Blau, Theodore H.

Psychological services for law enforcement / Theodore H. Blau. .-- New York : : Wiley, , c1994. .-- x, 454 p. : : ill. ; ; 24 cm.



"A Wiley-Interscience publication."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 422-437) and indexes.

Contents: Introduction. 1. The nature of policing 1.1. Historical development of policing 1.2. Policing in the United States 1.3. Psychological services for law enforcement. 2. Assessment. 2.1. Officer recruit selection 2.2. Fitness-for-duty evaluation 2.3. Special unit testing 3. Intervention 3.1. Critical incident counselung 3.2. Stress : prevention, inoculation, and counseling 3.3. Individual and family counseling 4. Consultation and operational assitance. 4.1. Direct operational assistence 4.2. Hostage negotation 4.3. Psychological profiling 4.4. Investigative hypnosis 4.5. Psychological autopsy 4.6. Management consultation 4.7. Training 4.8. Epilogue APPENDIXES References Author index Subject index

Texto en inglés.

0471559504 (cloth : acidfree paper)

Police psychology. Police--Mental health services--United States. Psicología forense Psicología jurídica