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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
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)