This paper presents a description of police research problems in such fashion that it could be generalized to other types of organizations. A two-dimensional taxonomy of problems in conducting psychological research in police departments is discussed. The first dimension concerns generality-uniqueness of the problem, relative to formal…

No general comprehensive theory of underachievment exists despite much research having been performed and hundreds of articles having been published. Further, underachievement as a concept often seems to be divorced from the individual pupil's or student's unique problem(s) as an underachiever. Indeed, even the designation "underachiever" differs…