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STRESS AND TENSION - TEAMBUILDING FOR THE PROFESSIONAL POLICE OFFICER

NCJ Number
12015
Journal
Journal of Police Science and Administration Volume: 1 Issue: 2 Dated: (JUNE 1973) Pages: 153-161
Author(s)
E S ESBECK; G HALVERSON
Date Published
1973
Length
9 pages
Annotation
PILOT SEMINAR DESIGNED AS A FIVE-DAY TRAINING PROGRAM FOR DEALING WITH CONFRONTATION SITUATIONS BORUGHT ON BY THE CHANGING SOCIAL ROLE OF THE OFFICERS.
Abstract
THE CIVIL DISTURBANCE PLANNING SECTION OF THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE, RECOGNIZING THE LACK OF TRAINING PROVIDED IN CONFLICT PREVENTION AND RESOLUTION, DEVELOPED A PROGRAM TO PREPARE OFFICERS FOR THIS ASPECT OF THEIR CHANGING SOCIAL ROLE. GRASPING AND INTERPRETING THE EFFECTS OF STRESS AND TEAMBUILDING WERE THE TWO AREAS EMPHASIZED. THE TWENTY CITY, COUNTY, AND STATE POLICE OFFICERS WHO PARTICIPATED CONSISTENTLY RATED THE USEFULNESS OF THIS FIRST SEMINAR AS HIGH. THE IMPACT AND TRANSFERABILITY OF THE TRAINING TO OPERATIONAL SITUATIONS WAS EVALUATED FROM TAPED INTERVIEWS WITH PARTICIPANTS NINETY DAYS AFTER THE SEMINAR EXPERIENCE. EXCERPTS FROM THESE INTERVIEWS SHOW THAT PARTICIPANTS RETAINED AND USED WHAT THEY HAD LEARNED IN DAILY WORK AND LIVING SITUATIONS.

Corporate Author
Northwestern University
Address

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Publication Format
Article
Publication Type
Program/Project Evaluation
Language
English
Country
United States of America