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Select legal and ethical aspects of pre-employment psychological evaluations

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The purpose of this article is to address select legal, and ethical aspects of pre-employment psychological evaluations for criminal justice system personnel. Relevant case law will be reviewed which addresses an agency's prerogative to conduct pre-employment psychological evaluations. Ethical issues extracted from the American Psychological Association's Ethical Principles of Psychologigsts and Code of Conduct and the Specialty Guidelines for Forensic Psychologists are reviewed.

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  1. Manatee County Sheriff's Office, Manatee County, USA

    John T. Super Ph.D.

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Super, J.T. Select legal and ethical aspects of pre-employment psychological evaluations. J Police Crim Psych 12, 1–6 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02806695

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