The Development of a Thurstone Scale for Identifying Desirable Police Officer Traits

Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-9

  Guffey, James E ^a   Larson, James G ^a   Zimmerman, Loren ^b   Shook, Brenda ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHADRON STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Personality inventory; Personality traits; Psychological screening; Screening in; Screening out; Thurstone Scales

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650348209     PISSN: 08820783     EISSN: 19366469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11896-007-9001-8     Document Type: Article

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