Russian Federation
UDC 343.97
The specifics of using a service dog in the performance of official tasks arouses increased interest from psychological science in the personality of a specialist dog handler. The article presents the results of an empirical study of the personality structure of a specialist dog handler in the penal system. The respondents were employees of the territorial bodies of the FPS of Russia.
specialist dog handler, security, structural analysis, ergicity, correlations
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