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Purpose. To determine if education would predict performance in the police academy Increasing number of departments are requiring degrees Adverse impact requires evidence of validity. Issues to Consider. How education is measured Degree (yes, no) Years of school

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  1. Purpose • To determine if education would predict performance in the police academy • Increasing number of departments are requiring degrees • Adverse impact requires evidence of validity

  2. Issues to Consider • How education is measured • Degree (yes, no) • Years of school • Type of degree (hs, aas, ba, ma) • How academy performance is measured • G.P.A. • Graduated (yes, no) • Supervisor ratings

  3. Dependent Measures • Academy grades • FTO Performance • Supervisor ratings of performance • Commendations • Absenteeism • Injuries • Complaints/discipline problems • Vehicle accidents • Activity

  4. Literature Review • 1970-2002 • Methods • Electronic Sources • PsychInfo • InfoTrac • WorldCat • Lexis-Nexis • Factiva • Dissertation Abstracts • Article Bibliographies • Phone Calls • Studies • 156 were found • 58 were useable

  5. Studies to Include • Must be empirical • Must have the appropriate statistic to convert to an ‘r’ or a ‘d’ • Must have complete set of information • Must be accurate

  6. Potential Moderators • Length of Academy • Size of department (small, med, large) • Year of study • Education level of the department • Average age of officers in the department • Location (city, suburb, rural)

  7. Results

  8. Academy Length as a Moderator

  9. Conclusions/Recommendations • Cadets with degrees will perform better in the academy than will those without degrees • This is especially true for academies running 12-18 weeks • These results can be generalized to other police academies

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