Integrating research and practice in federal law enforcement: Secret service applications of behavioral science expertise to protect the president

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-70

  Coggins, Margaret H ^a,b   Pynchon, Marisa Reddy ^b   Dvoskin, Joel A ^c  

^a US Secret Service   (United States)

^b Behavioral Research Program   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; DECISION MAKING; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; GOVERNMENT; LAW ENFORCEMENT; PROTECTION; RESEARCH; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0031953671     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0798(199824)16:1<51::AID-BSL293>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Review

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