Arrested By Our Mind

Arrested By Our MindWe celebrate this milestone; however, we recognize that, as authors, we are responsible for providing readers with essential, up to date factual material, policy trends, and changes in law enforcement practices, leadership, emotional intelligence, and mental health. For law enforcement practitioners, Emotional Intelligence (EI) refers to the capacity to effectively and efficiently perceive and process emotions. Emotional Intelligence (EI), by

We celebrate this milestone; however, we recognize that, as authors, we are responsible for providing
readers with essential, up-to-date factual material, policy trends, and changes in law enforcement
practices, leadership, emotional intelligence, and mental health. For law enforcement practitioners,
Emotional Intelligence (EI) refers to the capacity to effectively and efficiently perceive and process
emotions. Emotional Intelligence (EI), by definition, is the ability to motivate and endue oneself despite
frustration; to control impulses and postpone satisfaction; to manage feelings and keep trouble from
overwhelming the ability to think; to emphasize and to hopeÑthe ability to manage EI abilities with the
mindset, personality, and temperament. EI merges two of three mental cognition and the effects of
intelligence and emotion.
EI allows individuals to know and understand themselves, control their actions, plan, adapt to change,
manage conflict, relate, and understand others, and build deep, meaningful relationships. Emotions are the
result of cognitive interpretation of situations. EI relies on the individual's capacity, determined by
variables, which include character and power, to learn new data, gather data, and participate in rational
critical thinking.
The Approach of This Text
In learning about Emotional Intelligence, observers can gain a unique understanding of how the four
competencies of Emotional Intelligence intersectÑbeginning with Self-awareness and the capacity of
how it is perceived through one's feelings correctly at the time. Emotions are reactions to the world
around us; where do they derive? Self-awareness has a clear sense of character and integrity, including
strengths, weaknesses, ideas, beliefs, motives, and emotions. In organizational practices, self-control and
self-awareness are the difference between an outstanding public administrator and an outstanding
organization.
The key assumptions run throughout this book. One concerns the nature of EI as a discipline; the other
concerns the best way to analyze EI.
EI is interdisciplinary. Criminal justice, sociology, psychology, history, law, and political science
contribute to our understanding of EI. This cross-fertilization is enriching, yet it requires
familiarity with vast literature. This text is structured with a strong focus on coherence, making
this interdisciplinary approach comprehensible yet accessible.
EI is a system. In our book, the concept of EI serves as a framework for