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This study illuminates higher education’s involvement in the training of police officers with the ultimate goal of reimagining this role to form a more just society. Using publicly available data, we collected information about the total degrees awarded in applied criminal justice/law enforcement in addition to conducting a 50-state inventory to address questions regarding minimum education requirements, the role of higher education in training, continuing education requirements, and the degree to which aspects of social justice are incorporated into the curriculum. 1301 higher education institutions in all 50 states awarded 60,353 applied law enforcement degrees in 2018. More than half of states are involved in basic training in some capacity. Little evidence of comprehensive justice-oriented police training exists.
Lindsey Hammond, University of Georgia
Monique Corral, University of California - Los Angeles
Sara Ann Shaw, University of Nevada - Las Vegas
Gresham D Collom, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Jude Paul Matias Dizon, University of Southern California
Megan Steele, University of Georgia
Melissa Whatley, School for International Training
Sean Baser, University of Georgia