UTILITY OF THE MMPI (MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC INVENTORY) IN ASSESSING THE PERSONALITY PATTERNS OF URBAN POLICE APPLICANTS

• NCJ Number: 32454
• Author(s): J GOTTESMAN
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 220 pages
• Corporate Author: Stevens Institute of Technology
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

COMPARISON OF THE MEAN PROFILE OF 203 URBAN, NEW JERSEY POLICE APPLICANTS WITH THAT OF A GROUP OF CINCINNATI, OHIO APPLICANTS AND THAT OF A CONTROL GROUP OF 100 VETERANS DEMOGRAPHICALLY SIMILAR TO THE NEW JERSEY GROUP.

Abstract

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY RAISES DOUBTS ABOUT THE VALIDITY OF INTERPRETATIONS OF THE PERSONALITY PATTERNS OF POLICE APPLICANTS BASED ON USE OF THE MMPI NORMAL GROUP. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)