Citation

Homant RJ, Kennedy DB, Howton JD. Crim. Justice Behav. 1993; 20(3): 293-305.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0093854893020003006

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

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.

Language: en