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• Contents
• 1 The History and Application of Police Psychology
• A Brief History of Police Psychology
• Defining Police Psychology
• 2 The Police Personality
• Why Would Anyone Want to Be a Police Officer?
• The Socialization Process
• The Field-Training Officer (FTO) Program
• A Brief History of Bias in Policing
• Camaraderie of the Badge
• The Police Personality
• The Impact of Generational Differences
• 3 Police Trauma, Critical Incidents, and Stressors
• Psychological Trauma and Critical Incidents
• Case Studies
• Sense of Powerlessness
• 4 Critical Incident Stress Management/Psychological Services
• The Police Personality
• Psychotraumatology
• Police Suicide
• Critical Incident Stress Management
• The Role of EAPs in Policing
• The Role of Police Psychology
• Agency Responsibility
• Agency Best Practices
• 5 Hostage Negotiation
• A Brief History of Hostage Negotiations
• Team Member Selection and Structure
• Team Diversity
• Negotiator Skill Sets
• The Importance of Training
• The Psychology of Hostage Negotiation
• The Psychology of Hostage Takers
• 6 Interview and Interrogation
• Interview versus Interrogation
• The Miranda Decision
• The Investigative Interview
• The Psychology of Interviewing
• False Confessions
• Eyewitness Testimony
• 7 The Psychology of Threat Assessment
• Targeted Violence
• Motivations
• Terrorism
• Stalking
• School Shootings
• Threat Assessment
• 8 The Psychology of Profiling
• What Is Criminal Profiling?
• Understanding the Criminal Mind
• Motivations
• Case Studies
• Crime Scene Behavior
• Constructing a Profile
• 9 Conclusion
• A New Specialty: Defining Services
• The Application of Psychology to Policing
• The Future
• Appendix A: Triple Homicide Interview
• Appendix B: Criminal Profile of the Mack
• Index
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• D
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• F
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• About the Author