A variety of psychological measures commonly used by the Western Australian Police for recruitment purposes are investigated to determine their effectiveness in predicting academic performance of police recruits during initial training. The predictive ability of these tests is further extended to investigate any potential links between academic performance and on-the-job performance of police officers.The potential implications of these findings on police recruitment and subsequent on-the-job performance of police officers are discussed.

Research suggests that the active protection and promotion of self-esteem is critical to mental and social well being and plays an important role as a protective and non specific risk factor in physical and mental health. Youth problems such as poor academic achievement, risky sexual behavior, insolence, drug and alcohol abuse, psychological distress and delinquency have been associated with low self-esteem. Many programs have been designed to increase self esteem in children and adolescents, however, few have so far been assessed for their effectiveness. Thus, a study consisting of 98...