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Lecture 2 part 1 Flashcards

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Police selection

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  • Process by which police agencies select police officers from a pool of applicants
  • Applicants assessed for physical fitness, cognitive abilities, personality, job-related abilities
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2
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Primary selection process in 1917

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IQ score higher than 80

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3
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Primary selection process in 1922

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IQ tests to find people unintelligent

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Primary selection process in 1950

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Select with reasonable degree of accuracy

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Primary selection process in 1960s-1970s

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Psychological and psychiatric screening procedure standard

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Multi-hurdle approach

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1- Information session/ qualities and requirements
2- Vision and hearing tests
3- Submit online application
4- Entrance exam (personality/aptitude)
5- Forms (applicant questionnaire)
6- Polygraph
7- Full health (medical/psychological)
8- Background and security clearance
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Police selection process

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  • Job analysis

- Construction and validity

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Job analysis

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Define what KSA (knowledge, skills, abilities) make good officer

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Problems conduction job analysis

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  • KSA’s not stable over time
  • Different KSA’s for different jobs
  • Agreement on KSA’s
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Key police characteristics

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  • Honesty
  • Reliability
  • Communication skills
  • Motivation
  • Problem solving skills
  • Team work
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Problems with construction and validation

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  • Deciding what job-performance measure to use

- Different performance measures may provide different results

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12
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Selection instruments

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  • Selection interview
  • Psychological tests
  • Assessment centres
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13
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Selection interview

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  • Common in Canada

- Goal to determine if applicant has KSA’s

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Selection interview problems

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  • Low interviewer agreement
  • Applicant faking good
  • Research on predictive validity is mixed
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15
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Cognitive ability tests

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  • Very common in Canada (RCMP aptitude test)
  • Verbal
  • Mathematical
  • Memory
  • Reasoning abilities
  • Much more valid for academy than job
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16
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Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)

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  • Developed to identify psychopathological problems

- May be useful for screening out unsuitable police candidates

17
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Construction and validity

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Making screening process reliable and valid

18
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Inwald Personality Inventory (IPI)

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  • Developed specifically for police selection and measures personality and behaviour
  • Moderate predictive validity (higher than MMPI)
19
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RCMP 6 factor personality questionnaire

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  • 108 questions

- Used to measure honesty, integrity, and commitment

20
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Assessment centres

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  • Facility where behaviour of applicants is observed by experts
  • Situational tests to simulate real life situations

PSYC 2400 (18 decks)

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