Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-302) and index.
Contents
Law enforcement agencies and police psychology -- Police culture and assessment/therapy issues culture -- Law enforcement liability and police psychology -- Usefulness of fitness-for-duty evaluations in law enforcement agencies -- Defining the fitness-for-duty evaluation -- Developing a fitness-for-duty evaluation system -- Forms and styles for the fitness-for-duty evaluation in law enforcement -- Assessment : methods and procedures -- Fitness for duty report recommendations -- Expert witnesses and the defense of selection/fitness decisions -- Reasons for fitness-for-duty evaluations -- Misuse of fitness-for-duty evaluations -- Confidentiality of psychological information and the HIPAA in police psychology -- The Americans with Disabilities Act and fitness-for-duty evaluations -- The Family Medical Leave Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and fitness-for-duty evaluations -- Reflections and the future of law enforcement fitness-for-duty evaluations.