POLICE OFFICER REACTION TO TRAINING IN CONFLICT MANAGEMENT CONDUCTED BY THE FAMILY CRISIS PROJECT

• NCJ Number: 14297
• Author(s): M K DAVIS; H A GOEMAN
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 63 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: Multnomah Cty Sheriff's Division
• Corporate Author: Northwest Psychological Services
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

FINAL REPORT OF AN EVALUATION STUDY DESIGNED TO MEASURE THE IMPACT OF THIS TRAINING PROGRAM.

Abstract

A QUESTIONNAIRE WAS ADMINISTERED TO A SAMPLE OF 100 POLICE OFFICERS (SLIGHTLY MORE THAN 50 PER CENT OF ALL THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO HAD PARTICIPATED IN THE COURSE). OVER 70 PER CENT OF THE TRAINEES STATED THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO APPLY WHAT THEY HAD LEARNED IN THEIR WORK. ALMOST 90 PER CENT INDICATED THAT THEY HAD GAINED A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF PEOPLE AND MORE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT INTERVIEWING TECHNIQUES. LESS THAN 20 PER CENT STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO APPLY THE COURSE CONTENT AND MATERIAL LEARNED. EVALUATORS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THAT THE FAMILY CRISIS PROJECT TRAINING COURSE BE CONTINUED. A COPY OF THE EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE AND DATA ON INDIVIDUAL RESPONSES APPEARS IN THE APPENDIX.