%0 Journal Article
%T Sensation seeking as a factor in police pursuit
%J Criminal justice and behavior
%D 1993
%A Homant, Robert J.
%A Kennedy, Daniel B.
%A Howton, Jimmy D.
%V 20
%N 3
%P 293-305
%X The Sensation Seeking Scale was administered to 69 patrol officers of a suburban police department to investigate the relationship between sensation seeking and officers' tendencies to engage in high-speed vehicular pursuit. Pursuit tendencies were measured by official departmental records, self-reports of previous pursuits, and responses to two hypothetical situations. The official records and self-report measures of 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.<p /><p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I SAGE Publishing
%@ 0093-8548
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093854893020003006