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Download full textGerber, Jurg; Foster, Matthew F. – 1995
In response to this survey, recent graduates of the Criminal Justice program at Sam Houston State University (Texas) evaluated both the University and the College of Criminal Justice highly. The research team received 277 completed responses from the 762 questionnaires distributed to all 1988, 1990, and 1992 recipients of baccalaureate degrees in…
Descriptors: Crime Prevention, Criminal Law, Criminology, Educational Research
Anderson, Paul S.; Alexander, Diane – 1986
The Multi-Digit (MDT) testing procedure is a computer-scored testing innovation conceptualized in 1982. It is fully compatible with multiple choice and true/false tests well suited for the testing of discreet terms and concepts such as in fill-in-the-blank examinations. The student reads the question and selects the appropriate response from an…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software, Criminal Law, Higher Education
Peer reviewedMcGarrell, Edmund F.; Sandys, Marla – American Behavioral Scientist, 1996
Contends that often lawmakers misread their constituents' opinions on important issues. Presents data from an Indiana survey that suggest support for the death penalty vanishes when citizens are given the option of life in prison without possibility of parole combined with a requirement of work and restitution. (MJP)
Descriptors: Capital Punishment, Conservatism, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation
