Integrating research and practice in federal law enforcement: Secret Service applications of behavioral science expertise to protect the President
✍ Scribed by Margaret H. Coggins; Marisa Reddy Pynchon; Joel A. Dvoskin
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 236 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0735-3936
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✦ Synopsis
This paper discusses speci®c behavioral research needs by law enforcement and justice systems to guide forensic decision-making in areas of targeted violence. Continuing incidents of stalking, workplace violence, and threats to public ®gures underscore the importance of developing empirically based risk assessment and intervention strategies. Reviewing brie¯y the relevant literatures in these areas, this paper describes de®cits in these literatures and the absence of a model for integrating research and practice in applied settings. The U.S. Secret Service Behavioral Research Program is explored as one example of how behavioral science expertise may be integrated with law enforcement responsibilities. Considerations associated with building behavioral research capacities in applied settings are examined in the context of dierences in professional orientation, values, and access to information. Speci®c research directions to improve understanding of targeted violence are recommended along with suggestions for ways in which the psychology-law ®eld may facilitate integration of research into practice.