Evaluating performance of law enforcement personnel during a stressful training scenario

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1032, Issue , 2004, Pages 250-253

  Meyerhoff, James L ^a   Norris, William ^b   Saviolakis, George A ^a   Wollert, Terry ^b   Burge, Bob ^a   Atkins, Valerie ^b   Spielberger, Charles ^c  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Fed Law Enforcement Training Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Law enforcement; Performance; Shooting judgment; Stressful training

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ANGER; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FIREARM; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; POLICE; RATING SCALE; SALIVA LEVEL; SPIELBERGER TRAIT ANGER SCALE; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; WEAPON;

EID: 14544289905     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1314.031     Document Type: Conference Paper

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