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Author Bruns, Diana L., author

Title Police chiefs' beliefs about college degrees and police officer performance : survey research using a mixed-methods design / Diana L. Bruns
Published [Los Angeles, California] : SAGE, 2014
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Series SAGE research methods. Cases
SAGE research methods. Cases
Summary Debates over whether police officers should be required to have college degrees and whether such degrees improve officers' performance has been ensuing for decades, with little agreement or consensus emerging. Higher education has been presumed to make police more efficient at performing their jobs. Other research findings speculate that higher education may be irrelevant because the education officers receive at a college/university is quite similar to the training officers receive in police academies. However, little direction has been decided upon. This case study further explores this debate
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 25, 2015)
Subject Degrees, Academic -- Research -- United States -- Case studies.
Mixed methods research -- Case studies.
Police chiefs -- United States -- Attitudes -- Case studies.
Police -- Research -- United States -- Case studies.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Case studies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1473949580 (ebook)
9781473949584 (ebook)