Assessment of Police Officer Recruiting and Testing Instruments

Journal of Offender Rehabilitation

Volumn 29, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 1-23

  Ho, Taiping ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral measures; Police officers; Psychometric insruments; Selection procedures

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008758979     PISSN: 10509674     EISSN: 15408558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J076v29n03_01     Document Type: Article

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