Sign Up Now
Get instant access to over 1 million+ study documents
OR
Already registered? click here to login
By creating your account, you agree to our terms of service, privacy policy and student honor code.
" (Linden and Kleinm 1988, cited in Russell and Biegel, 1990). They believe the role of peer counselors should be expanded to involve peer counseling in support groups for new recruits and their spouses, teaching in the police academy, in-service training for police officers handling posttraumatic incidents, and providing retirement counseling. They have developed a peer training program in California that has been approved by the California Commission on Police Officers Standards and Training (POST). This program has been widely acclaimed by officers.
According to Kurke and Scrivner (1995) the most productive service for psychologists to offer is probably crisis intervention, as opposed to long-term treatment. In most communities adequate mental health resources are available to all citizens, and mental health practitioners in the private sector are available under many health insurance plans. These resources should be used. The department psychologist can maximize these resources by doing liaison work between the community's mental health resources, including private practitioners, so that police officers and their families can be referred to professionals who have some understanding of police work and the police culture, and who have a desire to work with law enforcement personnel (Kurke & Scrivner, 1995).
Police agencies may request the advice of psychologists in evaluating officers for special assignments,...
Some police agencies have asked psychologists to sit in on promotion boards. In our judgment, psychologists and other mental health professionals have little to offer in these cases. The best predictor of a person's behavior is past behavior. Police officers, particularly senior patrol officers, sergeants, and lieutenants, can do a much better job than most mental health professionals in selecting personnel for these assignments or for promotion (Kurke & Scrivner, 1995).
In summary, I recommend using the Tucson model to perform all of the duties described above. It is important for small police departments or sheriff's offices to consider this model, since services involved in selection, training, and counseling may be needed more in small than in large departments. As Russell and Biegel (1990) point out, "If one person is ineffective in a ten-person department, it will be more devastating than if one person is ineffective in a two thousand-person department" (p. 431).
References
Kurke, M. & Scrivner, E (1995) Police psychology in the 21st Century, Lawrence Erlbaum Publishers
Russell, H.E. & Beigel, a. (1990) Understanding human behavior for effective police work, Basic Books
Staff (2007) Inside the mind of the mind hunter: An interview with legendary FBI Agent John Douglas, Annals of the American Psychotherapy Association, 10, 8-15
Most important are procedural theory and substantive theory. 2) Research Methods- Contributed with the interview and observe methodologies used in the behavioral sciences. Note: Most significant contribution should be emulation. Because there has been so little "scientific" study of architecture and design, this field of study would do well to copy and/or incorporate scientific methods used by behavioral scientists. An example of architecture and design having to rely on others research
Behavioral and Cognitive Behavioral Theories Psychodynamic and Cognitive Behavioral Theories In this paper, there is going to an examination of Cognitive Behavioral and Psychodynamic theories. This is accomplished by focusing on: the two theories, their theoretical concepts, micro skills / techniques and a summary of these ideas. These elements will show how each one can address issues impacting the patient and the long-term effects upon them. In the world of psychology, there are
Because "drugs of abuse change the brain, hijack its motivational systems and even change how its genes function," withdrawal can seem unbearable. Begley purports that changes evolving from use of addictive drugs continue long after a person stops using. Post Acute Withdrawal Syndrome (PAW, 1), sobriety-based symptoms, make sobriety challenging. Research documents that in 75-95% of recovering alcoholics tested, the presence of brain dysfunction. PAW, a bio-psycho-social syndrome, evolves from by
Behavioral Finance and Human Interaction a Study of the Decision-Making Processes Impacting Financial Markets Understanding the Stock Market Contrasting Financial Theories Flaws of the Efficient Market Hypothesis Financial Bubbles and Chaos The stock market's dominant theory, the efficient market hypothesis (EMH) has been greatly criticized recently for its failure to account for human errors, heuristic bias, use of misinformation, psychological tendencies, in determining future expected performance and obtainable profits. Existing evidence indicates that past confidence in the
76). As automation increasingly assumes the more mundane and routine aspects of work of all types, Drucker was visionary in his assessment of how decisions would be made in the years to come. "In the future," said Drucker, "it was possible that all employment would be managerial in nature, and we would then have progressed from a society of labor to a society of management" (Witzel, p. 76). The
Juvenile Community Corrections Corrections in Community-Based Settings Community-based corrections: Factors to consider when dealing with juvenile offenders One seemingly self-evident truth regarding juvenile offenders might seem to be that socio-economic status will have a significant impact upon the individual's ability to find adequate treatment. The research does support the idea that individuals of higher socioeconomic status (SES) are less likely commit juvenile crimes. Also, it would seem that a wealthy, well-connected suburban family