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NATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE EDUCATIONAL CONSORTIUM, V 4 CRIMINAL JUSTICE DOCTORAL EDUCATION - ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES

NCJ Number
43765
Editor(s)
G H BRUNS, C O'HEARN
Date Published
1976
Length
263 pages
Annotation
THIS FOURTH IN A SERIES OF VOLUMES REPORTING ON A 3-YEAR PROJECT TO STRENGTHEN HIGHER EDUCATION IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE FOCUSES ON THE PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED DEVELOPING DEGREE PROGRAMS IN THIS EMERGING DISCIPLINE.
Abstract
IN 1973, LEAA FUNDED A CONSORTIUM OF SEVEN UNIVERSITIES TO DEVELOP AND ENRICH CRIMINAL JUSTICE DOCTORAL EDUCATION: ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY, MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, AND UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA. PAPERS IN THIS VOLUME WERE THE RESULT OF A CONFERENCE ON KEY ISSUES IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE DOCTORAL EDUCATION HELD IN OCTOBER 1975. THE PAPERS ARE HERE CONDENSED AND ARRANGED INTO TWO SECTIONS, 'THE STRUCTURE AND THEORY OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE DOCTORAL EDUCATION' AND 'THE APPLICATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE DOCTORAL EDUCATION.' THE STRUCTURE SECTION DISCUSSES FACULTY DEVELOPMENT, THE TYPE OF RESEARCH WHICH SHOULD BE REQUIRED FOR A DOCTORATE IN THE FIELD, AND THE ROLE OF THE DOCTORATE IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. THE APPLICATION SECTION DISCUSSES GRADUATE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN FORENSIC SCIENCE, THE POLICE AND THE DOCTORATE, AND INTEGRATING CURRICULUM DESIGN TO MEET THE NEEDS OF PRACTICING AGENCIES. A MAJOR THEME OF THE CONFERENCE WAS THE NEED FOR INCREASED WEAPONRY IN THE FORM OF TRAINED MANPOWER FOR THE WAR ON CRIME. THE EMERGING LITERATURE ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE IS BRIEFLY REVIEWED. HOWEVER, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, BY ITS VERY NATURE, WILL ALWAYS BE A MULTIDISCIPLINARY FIELD AND MUST KEEP CLOSE TIES WITH THE TRADITIONAL ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES OF SOCIOLOGY, POLITICAL SCIENCE, ECONOMICS, AND CRIMINOLOGY. THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN THE U.S. TODAY ALSO NEEDS GREATER COORDINATION. THOSE WHO HAVE ACHIEVED A BROAD OUTLOOK ON THE INTERRELATIONSHIPS OF POLICE, COURTS, CORRECTIONS, AND PREVENTIVE MEASURES THROUGH CRIMINAL JUSTICE EDUCATION CAN TAKE THE LEAD IN THIS COORDINATION. BIBLIOGRAPHIES ARE APPENDED TO THE INDIVIDUAL PAPERS. APPENDIXES CONTAIN A PAPER ENTITLED 'CRIMINAL JUSTICE EDUCATION: THE LATENT CONSEQUENCES OF OVERFUNDING,' ANOTHER ENTITLED 'NOTES ON A PHILOSOPHY OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE EDUCATION,' AND AN EVALUATION OF THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN POLICE AND UNIVERSITIES. FOR OTHER VOLUMES IN THIS SERIES, SEE NCJ-43762, 43763, 43764, AND 43766.