Personality characteristics of graduate police officers

Abstract

The purpose of this work was to examine personality characteristics of graduate police officers. A sample of 208 subjects was given three cognitive and eight conative tests. Their results were compared with population norms and it was concluded that graduate police officers are intellectually superior and well adapted individuals who are capable of carrying out the most complex tasks and duties. The analysis of relations between quantitative characteristics has showed the existence of nonlinear relations between the most important conative regulators so it was concluded that in this area of psychological space, the relations are definitely not linear.

Cilj ovog rada bio je da se ispitaju karakteristike ličnosti diplomiranih oficira policije. Uzorku od 208 ispitanika bila su zadata 3 kognitivna i 8 konativnih testova. Rezultati su upoređeni sa populacionim normama i bilo je zaključeno da su diplomirani oficiri policije intelektualno natprosečne i dobro prilagođene osobe koje su u mogućnosti da izvršavaju najsloženije zadatke i dužnosti. Analiza međuodnosa kvantitativnih karakteristika pokazala je postojanje nelinearnih veza između najvažnijih konativnih regulatora pa je zaključeno da odnosi u tom delu psihološkog prostora definitivno nisu linearni.