Patterns of Entry, Professional Identity, and Attitudes Toward Crime-Related Education - A Study of Criminal Justice and Criminology Faculty

• NCJ Number: 93332
• Journal: Journal of Criminal Justice Volume: 12 Issue: 1 Dated: (1984) Pages: 39-59
• Author(s): J R Greene; T S Bynum; V J Webb
• Date Published: 1984
• Length: 21 pages
• Grant Number(s): 79-CD-AX-0001
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Earlier version presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 1981.

Annotation

In the field of crime-related education, examination of the characteristics of teaching, research, and institutional differences has recently been a concern.

Abstract

This study examines full-time faculty (N=929) and their patterns of entry, including academic degree held, academic major, past academic and agency experience, and type of institution; and the extent to which differing methods of access are associated with attitudes toward research, scholarship, agency practice, academic collegiality, and orientation toward crime-related study. Dual paradigms seem to exist in crime-related education: one centering on teaching, field practice, and professionalism; the other on research, scholarship, and the more traditional values of academe. (Author abstract)