Journal article
Selecting witness protection officers: developing a test battery for Australian police
Police Practice and Research, Vol.15(1), pp.6-16
2014
Abstract
The aim of the study was to develop a measure identifying specific skill sets of effective witness protection (WP) officers. Two representative groups produced a job analysis for WP officers from which we generated a pool of items forming a Behavioural Observation Scale (BOS). Supervisors of 50 Australian WP officers (40 men) completed the BOS. Exploratory factor analysis produced a 38-item BOS resolving into three factors, Policing skills, Partition skills and Interpersonal skills, explaining >?69% of the variance with excellent internal consistency of >?.90. The BOS represents a reliable and valid tool for selecting WP officers.
Details
- Title
- Selecting witness protection officers: developing a test battery for Australian police
- Authors
- Monica Semrad (Author) - University of CanberraThea Vanags (Author) - University of CanberraNavjot Bhullar (Author) - University of Canberra
- Publication details
- Police Practice and Research, Vol.15(1), pp.6-16
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Date published
- 2014
- DOI
- 10.1080/15614263.2012.710459
- ISSN
- 1561-4263
- Organisation Unit
- Centre for Support and Advancement of Learning and Teaching; School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99447765602621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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