Police misconduct is often traceable to warning signs before hire: Study recommends national hiring standards
Past behavior matters, especially in law enforcement where certain pre-hire misbehavior by law enforcement candidates sharply increases the likelihood of police misconduct once they are hired, according to research titled "The Importance of Not Looking the Other Way: Prehire On- and Off-the-Job Misb...
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Past behavior matters, especially in law enforcement where certain pre-hire misbehavior by law enforcement candidates sharply increases the likelihood of police misconduct once they are hired, according to research titled "The Importance of Not Looking the Other Way: Prehire On- and Off-the-Job Misbehavior Predicts Subsequent Police Misconduct," published in the Journal of Applied Psychology.
Originally published at Phys.org
