Education and its effects on police officer job performance: the perceived views from both Chattanooga police officers and society

Author

Heather Stone, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Committee Chair

Berry, Phyllis E.

Department

Dept. of Criminal Justice and Legal Assistant Studies

College

College of Arts and Sciences

Publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Place of Publication

Chattanooga (Tenn.)

Abstract

This study was designed to examine the relationship between a police officer's level of education and the perception of education on police officer job performance. Specifically, the researcher hypothesized that police officers with college degrees were perceived to perform their duties better than officer's without any college experience. In order to test this hypothesis, the researcher conducted a survey questionnaire which was administered to numerous police officers who work for the Chattanooga Police Department and civilians within the Chattanooga community. Overall, most of the respondents felt that officers should only be required to have a high school diploma (35.4%). According to statistical analysis, no significant relationship was found between level of education and perception of officer performance.

Acknowledgments

I wish to thank all those who contributed to the completion of my Master of Science degree in Criminal Justice. I would like to thank Dr. Berry for her patience, time and guidance throughout the research process and I would like to thank Dr. Rush and Dr.Venters for serving on my thesis committee and for their suggestions and support. Lastly, I would like to thank my family and friends who gave me the confidence and encouragement to make the completion of this thesis possible.

Degree

M. S.; A thesis submitted to the faculty of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Science.

Date

5-2004

Subject

Police professionalization--United States; Police--Vocational guidance--United States

Discipline

Criminology and Criminal Justice

Document Type

Masters theses

DCMI Type

Text

Extent

vi, 58 leaves

Language

English

Call Number

LB2369.2 .S866 2004

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Recommended Citation

Stone, Heather, "Education and its effects on police officer job performance: the perceived views from both Chattanooga police officers and society" (2004). Masters Theses and Doctoral Dissertations.
https://scholar.utc.edu/theses/946