{"product_id":"operational-psychology-mark-a-staal-9781440866203","title":"Operational Psychology: A New Field to Support National Security and Public Safety","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails the growth, roles, and applications of this new specialty aiming to protect American national and public well-being in the face of increasing and novel threats both inside and outside the United States.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this age of asymmetric warfare, increasing home-grown terrorism, and continuing threats from abroad, a new specialty has emerged and expanded--operational psychology. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOperational psychology plays a unique role in supporting issues of national security, national defense, and public safety. In this book, authors Mark A. Staal and Sally C. Harvey, both operational psychologists and retired military colonels, lead a team of experts explaining the field, its many roles, and how it is expanding. Topics include its application in intelligence, counterintelligence, and counterterrorism activities, consultation in high-risk training, criminal investigations including those of internet crimes against children, threat assessment, interrogations, aviation, personnel selection, and leadership development. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe text addresses the ethical questions and controversies that surround some of these roles, such as those associated with interrogation techniques. It also describes the role of operational psychologists in activities ranging from assessing and training people for maximum resiliency and hardiness to profiling people and groups of concern in national security investigations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Williams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1440866201\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781440866203\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/24\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.20d","brand":"Thomas Williams","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43986198757631,"sku":"9781440866203","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1b10ddb9-dadd-470c-a148-82a76422775d.jpg?v=1683281944","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/operational-psychology-mark-a-staal-9781440866203","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}