NCJ Number
36365
Date Published
1975
Length
27 pages
Annotation
DISCUSSION OF THE RESULTS OF 1972 AND 1974 SURVEYS OF THE EMPLOYMENT AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM OF GRADUATES OF THE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE BETWEEN 1938 AND 1973.
Abstract
THE SURVEYS ALSO COVERED GRADUATE EVALUATIONS OF THE RELEVANCE OF THEIR EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES TO ACTUAL EMPLOYMENT IN THE FIELD. QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES WERE RECEIVED FROM 1571 OF THE 2675 GRADUATES SURVEYED. THIS REPORT DISCUSSES BIOGRAPHICAL, EDUCATIONAL, INITIAL EMPLOYMENT, AND CURRENT (AT THE TIME OF THE SURVEY) EMPLOYMENT DATA. GRADUATES WERE FOUND TO OVERWHELMINGLY MALE, WHITE, AND MICHIGAN RESIDENTS. THE MAJORITY SPECIALIZED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION, WOULD MAJOR IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE IF THEY HAD TO DO IT OVER AGAIN, AND WERE SATISFIED WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE CURRICULUM WHILE ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY. THE INITIAL EMPLOYMENT OF OVER 68 PERCENT OF THE GRADUATES WAS IN SOME FACET OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND 85 PERCENT OF THESE HAD REMAINED 50 EMPLOYED.