Assessing Police and Other Public Safety Personnel Using the MMPI-2-RF

A Practical Guide

2018
Authors:

David M. Corey and Yossef S. Ben-Porath

A hands-on guide for using the MMPI-3 when assessing suitability and fitness for duty of public safety personnel

This guide assists clinicians in integrating MMPI-2-RF findings with other assessment information used in these evaluations, including findings from other tests, personal history, and clinical interviews. It includes a concise primer on the MMPI-2-RF, common procedural and legal requirements, and contextual factors affecting these evaluations, while case illustrations demonstrate the use of the integrative models in preemployment and fitness-for-duty evaluations.

This publication presents a comprehensive and persuasive advocation for the use of the MMPI-2-RF in the assessment of police and other public safety applicants and personnel. It provides a good introduction to the respective subject matter topics, and the chronology is logical and generates a nice flow of information that is very readable. The authors are well known as leaders in the field, and the scholarship is excellent.

Paul Detrick, PhD, ABPP, Board Certified in Police & Public Safety Psychology

This comprehensive guide is intended to assist clinicians in integrating MMPI-2-RF findings with other assessment information routinely used in these evaluations, including findings from other tests, personal history, and clinical interviews. The authors provide detailed strategies for combining these data with findings from the Police Candidate Interpretive Report, Score Report, and Clinical Settings Interpretive Report.

The book includes a concise primer on the MMPI-2-RF, common procedural and legal requirements for these evaluations, and contextual factors affecting these evaluations. Multiple case illustrations demonstrate the use of the integrative models in preemployment and fitness-for-duty evaluations.

A book-based exam offering Continuing Education (CE) credit is available for this publication. Visit upress.umn.edu/test-division for more information.

Coauthors David M. Corey, PhD, and Yossef S. Ben-Porath, PhD, are the developers of the MMPI-2-RF Police Candidate Interpretive Report (PCIR). Drs. Corey and Ben-Porath have been involved in the practice of police psychology and MMPI research for more than thirty years.

David M. Corey, PhD, is a practicing psychologist in Portland, Oregon, with more than 40 years of experience conducting suitability and fitness evaluations for police and other public safety positions. He is coauthor of the MMPI-3 Public Safety Candidate Interpretive Reports, as well as other peer-reviewed books, chapters, and journal articles on assessing public safety personnel.

Yossef S. Ben-Porath, PhD, is professor emeritus of psychological sciences at Kent State University and a board-certified clinical psychologist. He has been involved extensively in MMPI research for more than 38 years, codeveloping the MMPI-3 and coauthoring many test manuals, books, book chapters, and articles on the MMPI instruments.

This publication presents a comprehensive and persuasive advocation for the use of the MMPI-2-RF in the assessment of police and other public safety applicants and personnel. It provides a good introduction to the respective subject matter topics, and the chronology is logical and generates a nice flow of information that is very readable. The authors are well known as leaders in the field, and the scholarship is excellent.

Paul Detrick, PhD, ABPP, Board Certified in Police & Public Safety Psychology

Assessing Police and Other Public Safety Personnel Using the MMPI-2-RF offers a substantive and cohesive integration of this assessment tool when conducting preemployment psychological screening and fitness-for-duty evaluations. The material is well organized and takes the reader through the steps needed for conducting evaluations in a clear and concise manner. It is useful for both the experienced practitioner as well as students interested in the specialty field.

Jocelyn E. Roland, PhD, ABPP, Board Certified in Police & Public Safety Psychology

A particularly timely and needed resource to aid in the selection of competent police and public safety personnel. Psychologists have a difficult task in identifying those best suited to serve and protect the public, and this book facilitates an evidence-based process consistent with best practices.

Bruce M. Cappo, PhD, ABPP, Board Certified in Police & Public Safety Psychology

Corey and Ben-Porath, both international experts in the field of psychology, have given clinicians an invaluable tool for understanding the MMPI-2-RF, its applicability to police and public safety assessments, and practical guidelines for completing police and public safety assessments with the MMPI-2-RF.

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Contents

List of Tables

List of Figures

Preface

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 An MMPI-2-RF Overview

Chapter 3 Assessing Protocol Validity with the MMPI-2-RF

Chapter 4 Assessing Personality and Psychopathology with the MMPI-2-RF

Chapter 5 Foundational Requirements of Preemployment Assessments

Chapter 6 Special Considerations and Interpretive Guidelines for Using the MMPI-2-RF in Preemployment Assessments of Public Safety Candidates

Chapter 7 The MMPI-2-RF Police Candidate Interpretive Report (PCIR)

Chapter 8 Using the MMPI-2-RF in Psychological Assessments of Police and Public Safety Candidates: Case Illustrations and Guidance for Evidence-Based Report Writing

Chapter 9 Foundational Requirements of Fitness-for-Duty Evaluations

Chapter 10 Special Considerations for Using the MMPI-2-RF in Fitness-for-Duty Evaluations

Chapter 11 Using the MMPI-2-RF to Assess Fitness for Duty: Case Illustrations

Appendix

Notes

References

Index

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