THE SAMPLE CONSISTED OF 418 MICHIGAN STATE POLICE OFFICERS GRADUATING FROM 9 DIFFERENT RECRUIT SCHOOLS BETWEEN 1972-1974. THE OFFICERS WERE IDENTIFIED BY THE AMOUNT AND TYPE OF THEIR COLLEGE EDUCATION AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAD PREVIOUS POLICE EXPERIENCE AND HAD REMAINED IN THE DEPARTMENT. THESE ITEMS WERE USED AS ABILITY MEASURES: RECRUIT SCHOOL GRADE POINT AVERAGES, CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAM GRADE POINT AVERAGES, OVERALL SCORES OBTAINED ON THE DEPARTMENTAL PERSONNEL EVALUATION DEVICE (THE ACHIEVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT INVENTORY), AND SCORES OBTAINED ON FOUR SUBSCALES OF THIS DEVICE, JOB INVOLVEMENT, INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS-PEERS, CLERICAL SKILLS, AND INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS-PUBLIC. DATA WERE ANALYZED USING MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS AND A CHI-SQUARE TECHNIQUE. FINDINGS INDICATE THAT OFFICERS WITH ASSOCIATE DEGREES SCORED HIGHER ON THE RECRUIT SCHOOL AND CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAM GRADE POINT AVERAGES THAN OFFICERS WITH LESS THAN AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE. OFFICERS WITH A BACHELOR'S DEGREE SCORED HIGHER THAN OFFICERS WITH ASSOCIATE DEGREES ON GRADE POINT AVERAGES, THE OVERALL INVENTORY, AND THE INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS-PEERS SUBSCALE. HOWEVER COLLEGE-EDUCATED OFFICERS VOLUNTARILY TERMINATED EMPLOYMENT THREE TIMES MORE FREQUENTLY THAN NONCOLLEGE OFFICERS. NO CONCLUSIONS CAN BE MADE ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF COLLEGE FOR POLICE OFFICERS. THE INVENTORY SCALES, REFERENCES, AND TABULAR DATA ARE PROVIDED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED--DAG) PROGNOSIS FOR A CRIME-FREE FUTURE. FURTHER FINDINGS SHOWED THAT NO INMATE WAS 'CONTAINED' BY DELINQUENT COMRADES AND THE PRCENTAGE OF FORMER JUVENILE DELINQUENTS REMAINING ANTISOCIAL IN ADULT LIFE WAS THAN FOR THE GENERAL POPULATION (EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF THE GROUP OF 30). TABLES, FOOTNOTES, A BIBLIOGRAPHY, AND A LIST OF FILMS ON THE VITRY HOME