The personnel consultant and psychological testing at Armed Forces Induction Stations.

Je, Partington; Tr, Bryant

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“…In the United States, the wartime tasks of psychologists included the following: Psychological examiners (civilian psychologists) were assigned to Armed Forces induction stations for the purpose of accepting for military duty registrants who were capable of absorbing military training at the normal rate and of excluding those who lacked the necessary mental ability. (Partington & Bryant, 1946, p. 110) Such assessments were undertaken using a battery of psychological tests, perhaps providing a validity to these instruments that had previously been absent. In Australia, the use of psychology was well established by 1942 in both civilian and armed services contexts.…”

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The rise and fall of homophobia and sexual psychopath legislation in postwar society.

Pratt

1998

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law

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This article examines the reasons behind the rise and subsequent fall of homophobia and sexual psychopath laws in postwar Western societies. Although, in many ways, these concerns can be seen as the antecedents of those underlying current sexual predator legislation, it is argued that the antecedents were themselves the product of a particular formulation of the concept of “risk.” The article illustrates how this risk formulation came to be articulated—and then disarticulated—over these concerns.

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Section: Psychology War and Peacementioning

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“…Psychological examiners (civilian psychologists) were assigned to Armed Forces induction stations for the purpose of accepting for military duty registrants who were capable of absorbing military training at the normal rate and of excluding those who lacked the necessary mental ability. (Partington & Bryant, 1946, p. 110)…”

Section: Psychology War and Peacementioning

confidence: 99%

The rise and fall of homophobia and sexual psychopath legislation in postwar society.

Pratt

1998

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law

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The personnel consultant and psychological testing at Armed Forces Induction Stations.

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The rise and fall of homophobia and sexual psychopath legislation in postwar society.

The rise and fall of homophobia and sexual psychopath legislation in postwar society.

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