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Leadership Training and an Integrated Introduction to Psychology for Police Officers

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Police Selection and Training

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This first section gives the reader a brief introduction to the peculiarities of police organization in Switzerland. Police organization follows the general lines of the federalistic structure of the country, according to its constitution.

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I would like to thank Dr. Heuss, Hubert Schlegel, mag. oec., and Günther Thierstein from both the City Police Forces of Basel and St. Gallen for their information and helpful comments on an earlier version of this paper, respectively.

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Steiner, G. (1986). Leadership Training and an Integrated Introduction to Psychology for Police Officers. In: Yuille, J.C. (eds) Police Selection and Training. NATO ASI Series, vol 30. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4434-3_20

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