Handbook of Police Psychology

Jack Kitaeff, Ph.D., J.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist in the Commonwealth of Virginia specializing in police and forensic psychology. He received his undergraduate education at Brooklyn College, and his graduate psychology education at the State University of New York at Cortland and the University of Mississippi. He received his law degree from the George Mason University School of law, and completed a legal clerkship with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Virginia. Dr. Kitaeff completed a clinical psychology internship at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and served as a psychologist and Major in the U.S. Army Medical Service Corps. He became the first police psychologist for the Arlington County Police Department, where he established a pre-employment psychological screening program for police applicants. From 1984 to the present he has been the consulting police psychologist for numerous law enforcement agencies in the northern Virginia area, including the Arlington County Sheriff’s Office, among others. Dr. Kitaeff is an adjunct professor of psychology with the University of Maryland, University College. He is also a faculty member in the School of Psychology at Walden University. He is a Diplomate in Police Psychology from the Society of Police and Criminal Psychology, and a member of the American Psychological Association. Dr. Kitaeff is the editor of Malingering, Lies, and Junk Science in the Courtroom (Cambria Press, 2007), and the author of Jews in Blue (Cambria Press, 2006), and Forensic Psychology (Prentice-Hall, 2010).

J. Kitaeff, Introduction and History of Police Psychology Part 1: General Practice. J. A. Davis, Police Psychological Consultation Services to Public Safety. A. Gutman, Legal Issues Related to Hiring and Promotion of Police Officers. J. McCutcheon, Ethical Issues in Police Psychology. D.S. Herrmann, B. Broderick, Police vs. Probation/Surveillance Officers: Similarities and Differences Part 2: Pre-Employment Psychological Screening. P.A. Weiss, W.U. Weiss, Criterion-related Psychological Evaluations. M. Cuttler, Actuarial vs. Clinical Judgment Prediction Models in Pre-employment Psychological Screening of Police Candidates. R. Jacobs, C.N. Thoroughgood, K.B. Sawyer, Appraising and Managing Police Officer Performance. R. Jacobs, L. Pesin, P.E. Grabarek, Assessments for Selection and Promotion of Police Officers. R. Johnson, The Integration Section of Forensic Psychological Reports in Law Enforcement: Culturally Responsive Ending Words. J.M. Arcaya, Challenging the Police De-selection Proces Part 3: Training and Evaluation. R. Inwald, E.A. Willman, S. Inwald, Couples Counseling/Assessment and Use of the Inwald Relationship Surveys. D. Corey, Fitness-For-Duty Evaluations. D. Brisinda, R. Fenici, A.R. Sorbo, Methods for Real-Time Assessment of Operational Stress During Realistic Police Tactical Training Part 4: Police Procedure. F. Gallo, Police Use of Force. W. Mullins, M.J. McMains, Hostage Negotiations. S. Brooke, T. Straus, Domestic Violence: An Analysis of the Crime and Punishment of Intimate Partner Abuse. K. Roberts, V. Herrington, Police Interviews with Suspects: International Perspectives. R. Myers, Applying Restorative Justice Principles in Law Enforcement Part 5: Clinical Practice. G.L. Gerber, Police Personality: Theoretical Issues and Research. D. Rudofossi, Police and Public Safety Complex Trauma and Grief: An Eco-Ethological Existential Analysis. A. Liang, A.A. Abrams, K. Stevens, B. Frechette, Suicide in Law Enforcement Part 6: Treatment and Dysfunction. L. Miller, Cops in Trouble: Psychological Strategies for Helping Officers under Investigation, Criminal Prosecution, or Civil Litigation. S. Best, E. Kirschman, A. Artwohl, Critical Incident Reactions and Early Interventions. J.E. Roland, Developing and Maintaining Successful Peer Support Programs in Law Enforcement. M.H. Anshel, The Disconnected Values Model: A Brief Intervention of Improving Healthy Habits and Coping with Stress in Law Enforcement.