Selecting witness protection officers: Developing a test battery for Australian police

Monica Semrad; Thea Vanags; Navjot Bhullar

doi:10.1080/15614263.2012.710459

Selecting witness protection officers: Developing a test battery for Australian police

Monica Semrad, Thea Vanags, Navjot Bhullar

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The aim of the study was to develop a measure identifying specific skill sets of effective witness protection (WP) officers. Two representative groups produced a job analysis for WP officers from which we generated a pool of items forming a Behavioural Observation Scale (BOS). Supervisors of 50 Australian WP officers (40 men) completed the BOS. Exploratory factor analysis produced a 38-item BOS resolving into three factors, Policing skills, Partition skills and Interpersonal skills, explaining > 69% of the variance with excellent internal consistency of >.90. The BOS represents a reliable and valid tool for selecting WP officers.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	6-16
Number of pages	11
Journal	Police Practice and Research
Volume	15
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/15614263.2012.710459
Publication status	Published - 2014

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