TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1993//
TI  - Sensation seeking as a factor in police pursuit
JO  - Criminal justice and behavior
A1  - Homant, Robert J.
A1  - Kennedy, Daniel B.
A1  - Howton, Jimmy D.
SP  - 293
EP  - 305
VL  - 20
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0093-8548
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093854893020003006
ID  - ref1
ER  -