Academic Achievement and Statistical Knowledge: A Comparison of Criminal Justice and Noncriminal Justice Majors

Drinking and drug use by college students: Comparing criminal justice majors and non-majors

“…Likewise, Courtright, Mackey, and Packard (2005) found differences between both majors and gender in levels of empathy exhibited; male CJ majors exhibited the least empathy and female CJ students exhibited less empathy than females from other majors. Proctor (2006) found academic performance differences between CJ and other students in statistical knowledge-with CJ students performing more poorly.…”

Differences Across Majors in the Desire to Obtain a License to Carry a Concealed Handgun on Campus: Implications for Criminal Justice Education

“…There was a similar difference in rates of gun ownership as well, with CJ majors significantly more likely to currently own a gun (57.6%) than were other majors (33.3%). Payne and Reidel's (2002) study of differences in gun control attitudes and gun ownership rates across types of academic major is an example of a growing body of literature that has examined differences in factors such as CJ students' attitudes, values, personality traits, career expectations, and academic performance (Farnsworth et al, 1998;Lambert et al, 2008;Mackey & Courtright, 2000;McCarthy & McCarthy, 1981;Proctor, 2006;Tsoudis, 2000;Wolfer & Friedrichs, 2001). In some cases, this body of research has generated mixed results.…”

Using Student Samples in Criminological Research

“…• child sexual abuse consequences are influenced by the victim/offender relationship and timing of disclosure (Ullman, 2007); • different reasons for supporting the death penalty exist in different countries (Jiang et al, 2007); • measures accepted as appropriate have been found to be lacking construct validity (Higgins, 2007); • confirmatory factor analysis is a useful technique to assess ties between selfcontrol and deviance (Williams et al, 2007); • criminal justice departments should use strategies tailored to criminal justice majors to increase statistical knowledge of criminal justice students (Proctor, 2006); • self-control theory predicts illicit sexual behavior (Love, 2006); • prosecutors should make sure they clearly delineate the investigative process used to gather criminal evidence to jurors (Koehler & Thompson, 2006).…”

“…For example, Cannon Downloaded by [University of Kent] at 13:09 14 December 2014 (2005) surveyed criminal justice and non-criminal justice majors to determine whether the two groups had different attitudes towards gays and lesbians. Proctor (2006) compared the statistical knowledge of criminal justice majors to the statistical knowledge of non-criminal justice majors. Other researchers have compared the personality traits of criminal justice majors with the personality traits of non-criminal justice majors (Byers & Powers, 1997;Mackey & Courtright, 2000;Tsoudis, 2000).…”