NCJ Number
159170
Journal
Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology Volume: 10 Issue: 3 Dated: (1995) Pages: 57-59
Date Published
1995
Length
3 pages
Annotation
This study examined the intellectual capacity of a group of 159 applicants for reserve police officer training.
Abstract
The subjects completed the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) and the Wonderlic Personnel Test. The mean score on the Wonderlic test among this sample was exactly that which is reported in a manual for law enforcement officers, indicating that there has not been a decline in the intellectual ability of police applicants. The MMPI scores of this group produced a group profile similar to what is known as the "police personality" on the MMPI. Approximately 40 percent of the applicants for reserve status were found to have MMPI scores which exceeded a traditional criterion of clinical utility and required some type of further evaluation. 1 figure, 1 table, and 10 references