Personality Profiles of Special Force Police Officers

Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 99-110

  Garbarino, Sergio ^a,b   Chiorri, Carlo ^b   Magnavita, Nicola ^c   Piattino, Sara ^b   Cuomo, Giovanni ^a  

^a Active Fire Protection Department   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Big Five; Personality profiles; Police; Psychological functioning; Special forces

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873039028     PISSN: 08820783     EISSN: 19366469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11896-011-9099-6     Document Type: Article

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