NCJ Number
27422
Date Published
1974
Length
322 pages
Annotation
THIS DOCTORAL DISSERTATION STUDY DESCRIBES THE STATUS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE OR CRIMINAL JUSTICE RELATED EDUCATION PROGRAMS LOCATED IN OVER 900 INSTITUTIONS PARTICIPATING IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT EDUCATION PROGRAM IN 1972-73.
Abstract
THE FACTORS ANALYZED ARE STUDENT ENROLLMENT AND GRADUATION, DEGREES OFFERED, CURRICULAR CONTENT, LOCATION OF PROGRAMS WITHIN THE ACADEMIC STRUCTURE, AN FACULTY CHARACTERISTICS. STUDY FINDINGS REVEALED THAT 761 INSTITUTIONS OFFERED AT LEAST 15 CREDIT HOURS OF CRIME RELATED STUDIES AND/OR DEGREE PROGRAMS; STUDENTS WERE PREDOMINANTLY EMPLOYEES OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCIES, PRINCIPALLY THOSE RELATED TO POLICE SERVICES; AND ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS OF FACULTY WERE SOMEWHAT LESS THAN NORMALLY EXPECTED IN THE SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES, WHILE EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELD OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE WAS HIGH. IN ADDITION, CRIME-RELATED DEGREE PROGRAMS AND CURRICULA WERE FOUND TO BE PREDOMINANTLY ORIENTED TOWARD COMPONENTS OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. THE EXTENSIVE APPENDIX INCLUDES A STATE-BY-STATE LIST OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT EDUCATION PROGRAM PARTICIPANT INSTITUTIONS OFFERING CRIME-RELATED PROGRAMS IN 1972-73, AND DATA ON THE TYPOLOGY AND FREQUENCY OF CURRICULAR EMPHASIS, THE ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS UNDER WHICH CRIME-RELATED COURSES ARE HOUSED. THE EXISTENCE OF COURSEWORK, AND THE MEAN NUMBER OF COURSES. A NINETEEN-PAGE BIBLIOGRAPHY IS PROVIDED.