SCREENING AND SELECTION OF POLICE CANDIDATES IN ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

• NCJ Number: 27488
• Author(s): D BARRY; R GOLDSTEIN; T S SMITH
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 39 pages
• Grant Number(s): 72-NI-02-0001; 74-NI-02-0002
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: University of Rochester
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS REPORT DISCUSSES THE EVOLUTION OF THE CITY SCREENING PROGRAM AND PRESENTS A QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION OF THE RECRUITMENT FUNNEL, EXAMINING ATTRITION AT EACH STAGE IN SCREENING.

Abstract

PSYCHIATRIC AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DATA ON APPLICANTS TO THE POLICE FORCE SINCE 1965 ARE ANALYZED AND USED TO TEST WHETHER MEANINGFUL PSYCHOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES MAY BE DISCERNED BETWEEN THOSE INDIVIDUALS OFFERED APPOINTMENTS TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THOSE WHO ARE REFUSED. FOR THOSE WHO SUCCESSFULLY PASSED THROUGH VARIOUS SCREENING STAGES AND WERE ACCEPTED ON THE POLICE FORCE, PERFORMANCE RECORDS OF VARIOUS TYPES WERE COMPILED FROM POLICE RECORDS. ALSO EXAMINED IS THE WEIGHT ATTACHED BY DECISION MAKERS TO PSYCHIATRIC AND PSYCHOLOGICAL RECOMMENDATIONS, AND A CAUSAL MODEL IS DEVELOPED TO EXPLAIN HOW SEVERAL FACTORS OPERATE TO INFLUENCE FINAL DETERMINATIONS ON THE APPOINTMENT OF POLICE CANDIDATES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)