RT Article
T1 The promise of humanistic policing: Is higher education living up to societal expectation?
JF American journal of criminal justice
VO 24
IS 2
SP 235
OP 246
A1 Carlan, Philip E.
A1 Byxbe, Ferris R.
A2 Byxbe, Ferris R.
LA English
YR 2000
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764204964
AB More police agencies require incoming personnel to have a college education background. The hope is that collegeeducated officers will be more rounded thinkers and exhibit a greater humanistic bent. This study attempts to evaluate the efficacy of that line of reasoning. Students from three southern colleges read vignettes and sentenced a murder defendant and an automobile theft defendant to a term of imprisonment. Three hypotheses are tested. First, it is expected that policeoriented criminal justice majors will not issue more severe sentences. Second, it is anticipated that greater exposure to college from the freshman to the senior years will be accompanied by less severe sentences. Third, sentencing will be independent of social characteristics. The results provide little evidence supporting a more authoritarian and more punitive stereotype of criminal justice majors interested in pursuing police careers.
K1 Criminal Justice Program
K1 Justice Major
K1 Auto Theft
K1 Police Officer
K1 Criminal Justice
DO 10.1007/BF02887595