Development and preliminary validation of a semi-structured interview for the screening of law enforcement candidates

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 467-481

  Varela, Jorge G ^b   Scogin, Forrest R ^a   Vipperman, Robert K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; JOB PERFORMANCE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RELIABILITY; SCREENING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERSONALITY TESTS; PERSONNEL SELECTION; POLICE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0033393188     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0798(199910/12)17:4<467::AID-BSL355>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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