Click to edit Master title style,Click to edit Master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,J.B.Helfgott Department of Criminal Justice,Seattle University,*,Click to edit Master title style,Click to edit Master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,J.B.Helfgott Department of Criminal Justice,Seattle University,*,Click to edit Master title style,Click to edit Master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,J.B.Helfgott Department of Criminal Justice Seattle University,*,Click to edit Master title style,Click to edit Master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,J.B.Helfgott Department of Criminal Justice Seattle University,*,Click to edit Master title style,Click to edit Master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,J.B.Helfgott Department of Criminal Justice Seattle University,*,Click to edit Master title style,Click to edit Master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,J.B.Helfgott Department of Criminal Justice Seattle University,*,Click to edit Master title style,Click to edit Master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,J.B.Helfgott Department of Criminal Justice Seattle University,*,Click to edit Master title style,Click to edit Master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,J.B.Helfgott Department of Criminal Justice Seattle University,*,Click to edit Master title style,Click to edit Master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,J.B.Helfgott Department of Criminal Justice Seattle University,*,Click to edit Master title style,Click to edit Master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,J.B.Helfgott Department of Criminal Justice Seattle University,*,Click to edit Master title style,Click to edit Master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,J.B.Helfgott Department of Criminal Justice Seattle University,*,Click to edit Master title style,Click to edit Master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,J.B.Helfgott Department of Criminal Justice Seattle University,*,Click to edit Master title style,Click to edit Master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,J.B.Helfgott Department of Criminal Justice Seattle University,*,J.B.Helfgott Department of Criminal Justice,Seattle University,Introduction toForensic Psychology2nd EditionBartol&Bartol(2021),Chapter 2,Police Psychology,History and Practice,Police Psychology,The application of psychological principles and clinical skills to law enforcement and public safety.,J.B.Helfgott Department of Criminal Justice Seattle University,Tasks of the Police Psychologist,Screening and selection of employees,Fitness-for-duty evaluations,Assessing deadly force incidents,Counseling after critical incidents,Special unit evaluations,Training officers on how to deal with the mentally ill,Hostage/negotiation situations,J.B.Helfgott Department of Criminal Justice Seattle University,J.B.Helfgott Department of Criminal Justice Seattle University,History of Police Psychology,Precisely when police psychology is unclear but,German police departments were the first to use psychologists in early 1900s.,Many credit Dr Martin Reiser,EdD,hired in 1968 by the LAPD,as the first police psychologist.,Today,most police psychologists are consultants,involved in either assessment/screening,clinical/counseling,or special circumstances(e.g.,hostage negotiation,training in dealing with mentally ill offenders,etc.).,Four Overlapping Historical Trends,Mental and aptitude screening for law enforcement,Personality assessment and search for the“police personality,Stress management and other clinical services,Fairness in testing,J.B.Helfgott Department of Criminal Justice Seattle University,Mental and Aptitude Testing,Louis Terman used,Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale,on firefighter and law enforcement candidates in San Jose,CA,Found that this type of job attracted individuals of below average intelligence,Louis Thurstone used the,Army Intelligence Examination,to measure the intelligences of the Detroit Police Department,Law enforcement did not attract intelligent individuals,J.B.Helfgott Department of Criminal Justice Seattle University,Mental and Aptitude Testing,Continued,Maude Merrill used newer version of the Army Intelligence Examination,Found that applicants scored slightly above average for intelligence,Those selected for job positions were found to have intelligence substantially above average,J.B.Helfgott Department of Criminal Justice Seattle University,J.B.Helfgott Department of Criminal Justice Seattle University,Research on Assessment in Law Enforcement,IQ and ability tests appear to predict academy performance but not how well an officer does in the field.,Personality assessment in law enforcement does not have strong predictive validity(although over 90%dept.s use).,The strongest predictor of polic