Sleep problems and the effect of drugs on psychology are introduced, as are salient theories of learning, motivation, and personality. The basics are delivered with clarity and precision, and are tested by means of insightful and thought-provoking exercises. Regardless of their law enforcement style, officers perform specialist functions that include maintaining law and order, protecting life and property, making arrests, issuing summonses, providing information to the public and their respective police services, and working with the community to plan, organize, problem-solve, and serve as information links. To perform these complex duties, law enforcement officers need a healthy body, mind, and character. Law enforcement officers must also have communication, coping, motivation, role adaptability, and problem-solving abilities.
Psychology is the scientific study of the human body, mind, and character.
As such, its methods and findings are highly relevant to the criminal justice system in general and to law enforcement in particular. Introduction to Psychology for Law Enforcement explains psychology's relevance to law enforcement. This introductory book consists of 11 chapters and covers such topics as the biological basis of behaviour, sensation and perception, states of consciousness, learning, motivation, psychological disorders, and social behaviour. The various topics are presented to inform law enforcement officers, present and future, of the relevance of psychology to their work and their personal lives. Each chapter includes Chapter Objectives, Preview Scenarios, Points to Remember, Key Terms, References, and Exercises and Review.