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Comparison In Personality Profiles Between Child Abusers Versus Child Neglectors, Jodi R. Cuneo
Comparison In Personality Profiles Between Child Abusers Versus Child Neglectors, Jodi R. Cuneo
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Children who suffered parental abuse or neglect can be returned home if their safety can be ensured following offender treatment. However, some caregivers will continue to abuse or neglect their children upon return home, leading to additional treatment, state involvement, and harm to the child. This study assessed personality differences between child abusers and neglectors who were caregivers by applying a binary logistical regression analysis to the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Second Edition (MMPI-2) scores sampled from archival data for 215 caregivers. Analysis showed that the abusers had statistically significant higher scores on the F Scale ('Faking Bad'), but significantly …
The Effects Of Frequent Exposure To Violence And Trauma On Police Officers, Ternarian A. Warren
The Effects Of Frequent Exposure To Violence And Trauma On Police Officers, Ternarian A. Warren
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Police officers who maintain negative or traumatic information in long-term memory are vulnerable to mental illness, unstable emotional and behavioral responses, interpersonal problems, and impaired social relationships. The cognitive theory suggests that police officers externalize various negative or maladaptive behaviors as a result of frequent exposure to traumatic events. Researchers have found that police officers tend to either not seek mental health treatment, try to fix their own mental health problem, or if in treatment will not be forthcoming with internalized thoughts of psychological distress. The intention of this research was to examine the relationship between police officers' frequent exposure …
The Effect Of Confirmation Bias On Criminal Investigative Decision Making, Wayne A. Wallace
The Effect Of Confirmation Bias On Criminal Investigative Decision Making, Wayne A. Wallace
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Confirmation bias occurs when a person believes in or searches for evidence to support his or her favored theory while ignoring or excusing disconfirmatory evidence and is disinclined to change his or her belief once he or she arrives at a conclusion. The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine whether emotionally charged evidence and evidence presentation order could influence an investigator's belief in a suspect's guilt. The study included 166 sworn police officers (basic training recruits, patrol officers, and criminal investigators) who completed online surveys in response to criminal vignettes across different scenarios to record their measure of …