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Rural And Urban Police Officer Attitudes Toward Psychologists And Psychological Services, Kara Gettman
Rural And Urban Police Officer Attitudes Toward Psychologists And Psychological Services, Kara Gettman
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Psychologists are frequently called upon to work with law enforcement personnel, yet little research has been conducted to examine the attitudes of police officers toward psychologists and psychological services. The purpose of this study was to survey police officers in both urban and rural settings in an attempt to gauge their attitudes toward psychologists and psychological services. The researcher designed the questionnaire that was used because no single assessment instrument currently exists which measures all of the potentially relevant variables The attitudes assessed included the perceived need for psychologists and psychological services, the preferred roles for psychologists in law enforcement …
Adolescent Attitudes Toward Violent Behavior, Scott J. Gaugler
Adolescent Attitudes Toward Violent Behavior, Scott J. Gaugler
Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
In this study, a sample of 126 high school students in a large Appalachian high school were surveyed about their use of alcohol and other illegal drugs, involvement in delinquent and violent acts, association with peers who committed delinquent and violent acts, and attitudes toward violence. Attitudes toward violence were conceptualized according to Techniques of Neutralization (Sykes & Matza, 1957).