Fit, unfit or misfit? : how to perform fitness for duty evaluations in law enforcement professionals /
This book is the product of a decade of clinical practice, research, and collaboration with a variety of professionals. It presents an overall perspective on the reasons for performing fitness for duty (FFD) evaluations and understanding of the process, why such evaluations are performed and the exp...
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| Online Access: | Electronic book from EBSCO |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Springfield, Ill. : Charles C. Thomas, ©2006. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. Introduction to fitness for duty evaluations in law enforcement personnel / Kathleen P. Decker
- Chapter 2. Stress in law enforcement personnel / Kathleen P. Decker, Anne E. Kirkpatrick, and Brian J. Wilson
- Chapter 3. Common causes of "unfit" officers / Kathleen P. Decker
- Chapter 4. Psychological tests for fitness in law enforcement personnel / Kathleen P. Decker
- Chapter 5. Medication issues in fitness for duty evaluations / Kathleen P. Decker
- Chapter 6. Police officers' expectations of mental health professionals / Kathleen P. Decker
- Chapter 7. Gender and ethnic issues in hiring, stress and fitness for duty evaluations / Kathleen P. Decker, Anne E. Kirkpatrick, Brian Wilson, Fabienne Brooks
- Chapter 8. Duty death : a major stressor / Kathleen P. Decker
- Chapter 9. Police suicide and fitness for duty / Kathleen P. Decker
- Chapter 10. The management of misfit officers / Kathleen P. Decker
- Chapter 11. Legal considerations : discipline versus illness / Anne E. Kirkpatrick and Kathleen P. Decker
- Chapter 12. Afterword / Kathleen P. Decker
- Appendix I. Sample notes and reports
- Appendix II. Demographics of Washington state studies
- Author index
- Subject Index.