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The Citizen Police Academy: Assessment Of A Program's Effects On Community And Officer Attitudes, Shannon Cook
The Citizen Police Academy: Assessment Of A Program's Effects On Community And Officer Attitudes, Shannon Cook
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
The study was conducted in order to determine the effects of the Citizen Police Academy (CPA) program on community and officer attitudes. The two main goals of this program are to increase officer awareness of community concerns and to raise community awareness about the police department. Surveys were distributed to three groups: employees of the Bowling Green Police Department, all alumni of the CPA, and a random sample of the local community. Participants were asked their attitudes regarding crime prevention, awareness of police officers' activities, and the effectiveness of the CPA program. T-tests and ANOVAs determined that police officers who …
Parental Understanding Of Miranda Rights, Abby Callis
Parental Understanding Of Miranda Rights, Abby Callis
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
The current research focuses on parents' level of understanding of Miranda rights and parents' likelihood of encouraging their teenagers to waive their Miranda rights. The previous research suggests that parents alone may not adequately protect juveniles' rights during interrogation and waiver. Prior research also suggests that parents' and juveniles' past experience with the justice system may not help them during their current interrogation and waiver. A 17-item questionnaire was used to assess the two dependent variables and the two independent variables. The two dependent variables were parents' understanding of Miranda rights and parents' likelihood of encouraging arrested teens to waive …