Qualitative Criminology (QC)
Abstract
Racially-involved police community incidents demonstrate the urgent need for educating future criminal professionals to work in a multicultural environment. We present a qualitative evaluation of a criminal justice diversity course designed to broaden university students' multicultural attitudes, knowledge, and skills. Results indicated that most students reportedly experienced a decrease in biases, described the importance of learning about cultural differences, acknowledged minorities’ negative attitudes toward the criminal justice system, and reported intentions to serve as fair and open-minded criminal justice professionals. Students also showed a significant increase in empathy across the semester.
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Recommended Citation
Hirschinger-Blank, Nancy; Simons, Lori; and Fernandez, David
(2018)
"A Diversity Course for Criminal Justice Undergraduate Students: A Preliminary Evaluation,"
Qualitative Criminology (QC): Vol. 6:
No.
1, Article 2.
Available at:
https://dc.swosu.edu/qc/vol6/iss1/2
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