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Abstract
We used archival data from 99 decredentialed agents, 52 non-decredentialed agents, and 46 agents who earned awards to examine whether information obtained at the time of selection would be useful in predicting problematic behaviors of federal law enforcement military personnel. We found that agents were decredentialed most commonly for inappropriate sexual behavior and behavior for personal gain; decredentialing tended to occur early in the agent's career. In about a quarter of decredentialing cases, agents were deployed or were on temporary duty outside the country. We discuss implications of our findings for selecting, training, and supervising law enforcement agents within military organizations.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors thank Jackie Buffington-Vollum, Ph.D., Criscelyn Tussey, Ph.D., Lauren Krakosky, Erin Ovitt, Jessica Raines, and Mike Velez for their assistance with this project.
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