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The Psychological Assessment of Police Candidates

CLIFTON RHEAD, ARNOLD ABRAMS, HARRY TROSMAN, and PHILIP MARGOLISAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 124, Number 11

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.124.11.1575

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The authors describe a technique for assessing police department candidates based on projective tests and an interview. They conclude that success or failure in a law enforcement career is not determined by unconscious conflict or the nature of the ego defenses alone, but is strongly influenced by the degree to which the ego has remained undistorted in response to those conflicts.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 124 • Number 11 • May 1968

Pages: 1575 - 1580

PubMed: 4384741

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Published in print: May 1968

Published online: 1 April 2006

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CLIFTON RHEAD

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ARNOLD ABRAMS

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HARRY TROSMAN

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PHILIP MARGOLIS

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Clinical assistant professor, department of psychiatry, University of Illinois

Associate professor, department of psychology, DePaul University, Chicago, Ill.

Associate professor, department of psychiatry, University of Chicago

Professor, department of psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.

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