...Jonathan Lough; Kathryn Von Treuer Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to critically examine the instruments used in the screening process, with particular attention given to supporting research validation. Psychological screening is a well-established process used in the selection...

.... Benjamin Wright can be contacted at: bwright@ubalt.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Academy training Police recruitment Pre‐employment screening Selection Work experience Police United States of America Training Experiential learning The selection and training...

...Beth A. Sanders Purpose The purpose of this study is to evaluate the usefulness of personality traits, namely the Big Five, as a means of selection in good police officers. Design/methodology/approach The current study examines a sample of 96 police officers from eight non‐urban police...

... of the most frequently tested traits in the selection process is intelligence or cognitive ability. Generally, policing research tends to support the idea that smarter officers do better in training academy, however, this may not be related to actual on‐the‐job performance (Burbeck and Furnham, 1985...

...William G. Doerner; Terry M. Nowell A recent entry into the police selection tools market has been the behavioral‐personnel assessment device (B‐PAD). Applicants view videotaped scenarios and are instructed to respond as if they were the officer handling the situation. Participant responses...

...Vivian B. Lord Compares the relationship of selection and training of police officers in Sweden and the USA. The ability to identify stable, effective police officers continues to baffle police administrators. The selection of US police officers has become a complex procedure that often requires...

... to determine the effectiveness of this selection procedure. Although the results question the reliability of this technique, there are some distinctions between academy students who survived the oral board process and recruits who were exempt from this procedure. However, the empirical evidence compiled...