Skip to main content skip navigation
  • Account
    • Login
    • Manage
  • Subscribe
    • JUSTINFO
    • Register
  • Shopping Cart
  • Contact Us
    • Email
    • Feedback
    • Chat
    • Phone or Mail
  • Site Help
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
Office of Justice Programs header with links to bureaus/offices: BJA, BJS, NIJ, OJJDP, OVC, SMART Office of Justice Programs BJA BJS NIJ OJJDP OVC SMART Office of Justice Programs
Advanced Search  Search Help
    Browse By Topics  down arrow
  • A–Z Topics
  • Corrections
  • Courts
  • Crime
  • Crime Prevention
  • Drugs
  • Justice System
  • Juvenile Justice
  • Law Enforcement
  • Victims
CrimeSolutions
Add your conference to our Justice Events calendar
  • ABOUT NCJRS
  • OJP PUBLICATIONS
  • LIBRARY
  • SEARCH Q & A
  • GRANTS & FUNDING
  • JUSTICE EVENTS
Home / Publications / NCJRS Abstract

PUBLICATIONS

Register for Latest Research

Stay Informed
Register with NCJRS to receive NCJRS's biweekly e-newsletter JUSTINFO and additional periodic emails from NCJRS and the NCJRS federal sponsors that highlight the latest research published or sponsored by the Office of Justice Programs.

NCJRS Abstract

The document referenced below is part of the NCJRS Virtual Library collection. To conduct further searches of the collection, visit the Virtual Library. See the Obtain Documents page for direction on how to access resources online, via mail, through interlibrary loans, or in a local library.

1 record(s) found

 

NCJ Number: 168114 Add to Shopping cart Find in a Library
Title: History of Police Psychological Services
Author(s): J T Reese
Date Published: 1987
Annotation: This history of mental health services for police officers traces the history of law enforcement in the United States, describes the initial involvement of behavioral scientists in law enforcement in 1916, summarizes developments over subsequent decades, and discusses the current provision of psychological services to police.
Abstract: The discussion notes the changing role of law enforcement and its evolution from simple functions involving little stress to complex and stressful endeavors requiring highly trained personnel. The first behavioral scientists in law enforcement were involved in psychological testing to aid the selection of police candidates. Their involvement expanded to including operational help in hostage negotiations, criminal personality profiling, domestic crisis intervention, crime scene analysis, and counseling police officers regarding personal problems inherent in police work. These early efforts seemed to come together in 1968 when the Los Angeles Police Department hired a full-time psychologist, thereby giving formal recognition of their important. Police psychology developed notably thereafter. The subsequent years have experienced a steady increase in the number of police agencies employing psychologists, the growing number of conferences where police psychologists share their successes and failures in the law enforcement setting, and the American Psychological Association's 1982 designation of a special section of an affiliate for psychologists who work in law enforcement. The history of these services reveals that among elements essential for their success are support at the management level and independence from the organization. Chapter reference notes, appended agenda of conference on police occupational stress, and 152 references
Main Term(s): Psychologists role in policing
Index Term(s): Critical incident stress; Employee assistance programs; History of policing; Mental health services; Police occupational stress; Police psychologists; Police stress training; Police work attitudes
Sponsoring Agency: Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington, DC 20535-0001
NCJRS Photocopy Services
Rockville, MD 20849-6000
Corporate Author: Federal Bureau of Investigation
US Dept of Justice
United States of America
Sale Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation
US Dept of Justice
J.Edgar Hoover Building
9th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20535-0001
United States of America

NCJRS Photocopy Services
Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20849-6000
United States of America
Page Count: 122
Language: English
Country: United States of America
To cite this abstract, use the following link:
http://www.ncjrs.gov/App/publications/abstract.aspx?ID=168114

*A link to the full-text document is provided whenever possible. For documents not available online, a link to the publisher's website is provided. Tell us how you use the NCJRS Library and Abstracts Database - send us your feedback.




Find in a Library

You have clicked Find in a Library. A title search of WorldCat, the world's largest library network, will start when you click "Continue." Here you will be able to learn if libraries in your community have the document you need. The results will open in a new browser and your NCJRS session will remain active for 30 minutes. Learn More.

You have selected:

This article appears in

In WorldCat, verify that the library you select has the specific journal volume and issue in which the article appears. Learn How.

Continue to WorldCat

You are about to access WorldCat, NCJRS takes no responsibility for and exercises no control over the WorldCat site.

 
Office of Justice Programs Facebook Page  Twitter Page
  • Bureau of Justice Assistance Facebook Page Twitter Page
  • Bureau of Justice Statistics Twitter Page
  • National Institute of Justice Facebook Page Twitter Page
  • Office for Victims of Crime Facebook Page Twitter Page
  • Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Facebook Page Twitter Page
  • Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking Facebook Page Twitter Page
Contact Us | Feedback | Site Map
Freedom of Information Act | Privacy Statement | Legal Policies and Disclaimers
USA.gov | CrimeSolutions
Department of Justice | Office of Justice Programs