Honors Program
Honors in Criminal Justice and Criminology
Date of Award
5-2020
Thesis Professor(s)
Bradley Edwards
Thesis Professor Department
Criminal Justice and Criminology
Thesis Reader(s)
Josie Klepper
Abstract
The current research seeks to study and gauge current perceptions of police among college students at East Tennessee State University. As well as studying perceptions of police among students, the research will compare police perceptions among students with student opinions on incarceration. Correlations will be attempted to be observed through various demographical characteristics and similar standardized viewpoints. This will build on prior research from Lim (2015) and others in which college students were used to gauge results around perceptions of police. It is important to understand college student perceptions on police and incarceration as they form the future work force and form a large voting bloc to impact policy in the future. Following this introduction, this thesis will cover an additional four sections.
Publisher
East Tennessee State University
Document Type
Honors Thesis - Open Access
Creative Commons License
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Recommended Citation
Poff, Lee, "College Students’ Attitudes Towards Police Officers and their Perceptions of Prison Systems" (2020). Undergraduate Honors Theses. Paper 570. https://dc.etsu.edu/honors/570
Copyright
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