Police professionals face many challenges throughout their careers. They start their careers after an initial screening, and proceed through the police academy where they learn how to enforce laws and mete out consequences to those who do not follow them. Police must respond to gang violence, substance abuse-related crimes, domestic violence, and threats of terror, among many other high-risk situations and crimes. Challenges vary according to the community the police serve and according to the calls to which they respond. They constantly are confronted with unpredictable and unknown circumstances, and although there are benefits to their jobs and they can retire at an early age, police are often forced to leave, or they leave voluntarily because of external and internal pressures. The forensic psychology professional can research these challenges and assist police professionals in dealing with them.
• "Ethical Guideline Evolution in Psychological Support to Interrogation Operations"
• ""Enhanced" Interrogation of Detainees: Do Psychologists and Psychiatrists Participate?"
• "Exploring Liability Profiles: A Proximate Cause Analysis of Police Misconduct: Part 1"
• "The Ethics of Interrogation and the American Psychological Association: A Critique of Policy and Process"
• "Stress Management ... and the Stress-Proof Vest"
• Select a special challenge that a forensic psychology professional may encounter when working with or in a police force. Think about how a forensic psychology professional could address these challenges.
a description of one special challenge encountered by forensic psychology professionals when working with or in a police force. Explain how you would address this challenge. Be specific and support your responses with at least one reference to a peer-reviewed academic journal article.