Main description:

Cop Doc delivers a unique map of police psychology. Retired NYPD sergeant Daniel Rudofossi delivers compelling inside scoops: the first-grade detective who nailed the Times Square bomber, intelligence enigmas unraveled by the DEA intelligence chief, wisdom culled from a best-selling novelist, a NYPD detective captain's narrative of the Palm Sunday Massacre, and much more. The book also includes an interview with a captain of hostage negotiations and a preface by the founder of the NYPD department of psychological services. Both students and seasoned professionals can find insights into policing and forensic psychology in these pages.

Contents:

Introduction. 1. History, Philosophy, and Science of Police Psychology 2. Revolution in Science-Police Psychology 3. Applying Police Psychology: Intelligence Analysis 4. Polygraphers: Detection of Deception 5. Hostage Negotiations 6. Medical, Odontologist, Psychologist: Investigators 7. Police Training-Recruit to Executive Development and Police Psychology 8. Police Detectives: Crime, Motives, and Criminals 9. Understanding Officers, Policing Experience, and Personality Styles 10. Police Personality Styles and Traits: Individual Differences in an Eco-Ethological Milieu.