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Predictors of resignation and performance of law enforcement officers

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Community Medicine and Public Health, University of Southern California, 90033, Los Angeles, California

    Stanley P. Azen

  2. Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles

    Homa M. Snibbe

  3. County of Los Angeles

    Hugh R. Montgomery & Howard H. Earle

  4. Department of Psychology, Occidental College, Los Angeles

    Joseph Fabricatore

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Work on this study was partially supported by LEAA Grant No. 72-DF-09-0005, administered under the auspices of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and the Department of Personnel. The authors would like to express appreciation to Lynn Maruyama Lee, Graduate Assistant of the Psychological Fitness Standards Research Project. Also thanks to Joyce Padilla for typing the manuscript.

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Azen, S.P., Snibbe, H.M., Montgomery, H.R. et al. Predictors of resignation and performance of law enforcement officers. Am J Commun Psychol 2, 79–86 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00894156

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