NCJ Number
146128
Date Published
1993
Length
12 pages
Annotation
This seventh annual report of New York State's Psychological Screening Program for Correction Officer Applicants summarizes the program's activities for the period May 1, 1992, to January 15, 1993.
Abstract
To complete the psychological screening procedure, each candidate must come to Albany twice. On the first day, the candidate receives a psychological test battery that consists of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, which measures psychopathology and personality functioning; the Inwald Personality Inventory, which measures personality traits relevant to job performance in the fields of corrections and police work; and the Correction Officer Interest Blank, which measures the match between the candidate's attitudes and those of successful correction officers. After this testing, the candidate returns to Albany for a face-to-face clinical interview with a staff psychologist who has reviewed the candidate's psychological test score. The psychologist writes a report on the candidate and assigns a rating that either recommends or does not recommend the candidate for hire. This report discusses how the screening unit evaluates candidates, the criteria for psychological disqualification of a candidate, and the characteristics of candidates who are psychologically disqualified from further consideration. Tables show 1992 psychological screening decisions according to candidate ethnicity.