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Title: | Selecting witness protection officers: developing a test battery for Australian police | Contributor(s): | Semrad, Monica (author); Vangas, Thea (author); Bhullar, Navjot (author) | Publication Date: | 2014 | DOI: | 10.1080/15614263.2012.710459 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/13872 | Abstract: | The aim of the study was to develop a measure identifying specific skill sets of effective witness protection (WP) officers. Two representative groups produced a job analysis for WP officers from which we generated a pool of items forming a Behavioural Observation Scale (BOS). Supervisors of 50 Australian WP officers (40 men) completed the BOS. Exploratory factor analysis produced a 38-item BOS resolving into three factors, Policing skills, Partition skills and Interpersonal skills, explaining > 69% of the variance with excellent internal consistency of >.90. The BOS represents a reliable and valid tool for selecting WP officers. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Police Practice and Research, 15(1), p. 6-16 | Publisher: | Routledge | Place of Publication: | United Kingdom | ISSN: | 1477-271X 1561-4263 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified 170109 Personality, Abilities and Assessment 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 520599 Social and personality psychology not elsewhere classified 520108 Testing, assessment and psychometrics 520199 Applied and developmental psychology not elsewhere classified |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 810109 Personnel 910599 Measurement Standards and Calibration Services not elsewhere classified 920499 Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) not elsewhere classified |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 140110 Personnel | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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Appears in Collections: | Journal Article School of Psychology |
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