$\"Rostow\"$ <\/a>

Book review of \u201cA Handbook for Psychological Fitness-for-Duty Evaluations in Law Enforcement.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n

For example, the first section on the history of policing and police psychology.\u00a0 Why would anyone include something like this in a handbook on Fitness for Duty Examinations?\u00a0 It was fascinating to hear about the police movements in this country and the different stages of police reform.\u00a0 And about police psychology and\u2026.okay, I couldn\u2019t put it down!\u00a0 But why include something so interesting in a book intended to be dry and hard to read.\u00a0 I just don\u2019t understand it.\u00a0 Have they no respect for how busy I am?<\/span><\/p>\n

They talk about developing a Fitness for Duty System, and making decision on how a Fitness for Duty will be performed.\u00a0 They give the reasons why to do a Fitness for Duty and the misuses.\u00a0 They go through the reasons for a fitness for duty examination, the types of recommendations, types of test, predictive validity \u2013 the stuff of handbooks, except give this one 5 stars for thoroughness in each of these areas.\u00a0 Then they get really interesting again going into the fitness for duty in forensic situations such as dealing with HIPAA laws, expert witnessing, the Family Medical Leave Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act and the American with Disabilities Act.\u00a0 These chapters are really good and bring the understanding about what employment law is all about.\u00a0 Throughout the book they give examples of Fitness for Duty cases that will make you read them a couple of times because you have to think about them.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t want to think reading a handbook, but this book really got me.\u00a0 Attach the \u201cwhosit\u201d to the \u201cwhatsit,\u201d turn button \u201cA\u201d and steam the milk for the cappuccino. That\u2019s what I wanted.\u00a0 What is this thinking stuff?<\/span><\/p>\n

But the area where they shine the most is in the conclusions and reflections.\u00a0 It is a short little chapter at the end, but it is loaded with thought provoking information.\u00a0 It is really a great overview of future directions with the insight of people at the top of the field.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, if you want to ruin about 3 days of your life reading a \u201chandbook\u201d that reads surprisingly interesting, pick up A Handbook for Psychological Fitness for Duty Examinations in Law Enforcement<\/span><\/i> by Cary D. Rostow, Ph.D. and Robert D. Davis, Ph.D.\u00a0 The publisher is The Hawthorne Press but it should be published by Gideon and sit in every \u201chotel room\u201d<\/i> where psychologists practice.<\/span><\/p>\n

I think I\u2019ll go make a cappuccino now!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Gary S. Aumiller, Ph.D. ABPP<\/span><\/p>\n

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Cary Rostow asked me to review his book and I thought \u201cno problem.\u201d\u00a0 It was a supposedly a Handbook on Fitness for Duty Examinations.\u00a0 So I figured it would be a short, little boring thing with a lot of statistics, but I will slog through it and write something inane up for the membership.\u00a0 Now […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17168876],"tags":[17168796,17168801,17168803,17168797],"class_list":["post-50","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","tag-book-review","tag-how-to","tag-police","tag-police-psychology"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1296,"url":"http:\/\/policepsychologyblog.com\/?p=1296","url_meta":{"origin":50,"position":0},"title":"Police Psychology | Thoughts on Fitness for Duty Evaluations","author":"Gary Aumiller","date":"March 3, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Police Psychology | Thoughts on Fitness for Duty Evaluations by Elizabeth Thompson, Psy.D. 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