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Police chiefs' beliefs about college degrees and police officer performance : survey research using a mixed-methods design / Diana L. Bruns.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bruns, Diana L., author.
- Series:
- SAGE research methods. Cases.
- SAGE research methods. Cases
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Police--United States--Research--Case studies.
- Police.
- Police chiefs--United States--Attitudes--Case studies.
- Police chiefs.
- Degrees, Academic--United States--Research--Case studies.
- Degrees, Academic.
- Mixed methods research--Case studies.
- Mixed methods research.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- London : SAGE Publications, 2014.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 25, 2015).
- ISBN:
- 9781473949584 (ebook) :
- OCLC:
- 953359911
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