SENSATION SEEKING AS A FACTOR IN POLICE PURSUIT

Citation
Rj. Homant et al., SENSATION SEEKING AS A FACTOR IN POLICE PURSUIT, Criminal justice and behavior, 20(3), 1993, pp. 293-305
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Criminology & Penology
ISSN journal
00938548
Volume
20
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
293 - 305
Database
ISI
SICI code
0093-8548(1993)20:3<293:SSAAFI>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
The Sensation Seeking Scale was administered to 69 patrol officers of a suburban police department to investigate the relationship between s ensation seeking and officers' tendencies lo engage in high-speed vehi cular pursuit. Pursuit tendencies were measured by official department al records, self-reports of previous pursuits, and responses to two hy pothetical situations. The official records and self-report measures o f pursuit were found to correlate significantly with sensation seeking . It was concluded that attention to personality differences may help supervisors implement a more predictable pursuit policy.