GEORGIA - POLICE SCIENCE DEGREE PROGRAMS IN COLLEGES FINAL PROJECT REPORT

• NCJ Number: 64
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1970
• Length: 118 pages
• Grant Number(s): OLEA-245
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: University of Georgia
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Instructional Material
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

A STUDY OF THE NEED AND DEMAND FOR POLICE SCIENCE DEGREE PROGRAMS IN THE COLLEGES OF GEORGIA WAS UNDERTAKEN FROM SEPTEMBER 1966 THROUGH MARCH 1967.

Abstract

THE INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA APPLIED FOR, AND RECEIVED, A GRANT FOR THIS STUDY FROM THE OFFICE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. AN OUTGROWTH OF THIS STUDY WAS THE DESIGN OF RECOMMENDED CURRICULUM FOR POLICE SCIENCE PROGRAMS, INCLUDING TRANSFERABLE AND NONTRANSFERABLE JUNIOR COLLEGE PROGRAMS. THE PURPOSE OF THESE TWO YEAR POLICE SCIENCE PROGRAMS WAS TWOFOLD. THE FIRST PURPOSE WAS TO UPGRADE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT THROUGH THE EDUCATIONAL CAPABILITIES OF LOCAL COLLEGES. THE SECOND PURPOSE WAS TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR TRANSFER TO FOUR-YEAR COLLEGES OR UNIVERSITIES WHERE THEY COULD CONTINUE THEIR STUDIES IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. AS THE POLICE SCIENCE DEGREE PROGRAMS DEVELOPED, THE CURRICULUM INCLUDED BOTH GENERAL EDUCATION AND LAW ENFORCEMENT COURSES. THE PURPOSE OF THIS WAS TO ENABLE THE GRADUATE TO BE USEFUL AT THE LINE LEVEL OF EMPLOYMENT AND ALSO BE QUALIFIED FOR LATER ADVANCED STUDY IF THEY SO DESIRED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)