Daniel M. Blumberg, PhD, Associate Professor, California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International University, San Diego, California; and Konstantinos Papazoglou, PhD, CPsych (Supervised Practice), Clinical & Forensic Psychologist, Ontario Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services, Sessional Lecturer, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
For 50 years, police psychologists have taken an increasingly central role in many police organizations. Unfortunately, a significant gap exists between what psychologists do for law enforcement agencies and the psychological knowledge that officers could be using to do their jobs more effectively.