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Psychological Attributes of Policemen: A Review of Research and Opinion
Author(s) -
Lefkowitz Joel
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.618
H-Index - 122
eISSN - 1540-4560
pISSN - 0022-4537
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1975.tb00736.x
Subject(s) - psychology , socioeconomic status , personality , attrition , socialization , social psychology , selection (genetic algorithm) , california psychological inventory , clinical psychology , applied psychology , personality assessment inventory , environmental health , medicine , population , dentistry , artificial intelligence , computer science
This review focuses primarily on personality characteristics of policemen. The data substantiate, with some qualifications, the existence of a nonpathological “modal police personality.” Methodological weaknesses prevent, however, an assessment of the relative developmental contributions of predisposing self‐selection effects, socioeconomic class determinants, organizational selection and selective attrition, occupational socialization, and role‐specific behaviors.