NCJ Number
85732
Date Published
1972
Length
207 pages
Annotation
The study compares factors in the life history of 1,915 policemen appointed to the New York City Police Department in 1951 to their effectiveness in police work over the following decade.
Abstract
Measures of officers' performance on the job, available in the Department's personnel files, were used to determine the type of candidate who is likely to display specific patterns of performance. Questions focused on were (1) Can the addition or substitution of new selection instruments improve the predictive validity of this selection process and (2) Is there a racial discrimination potential in the present procedures? (NTIS abstract modified)