Experiences, Reflections, and Applications of Service-Learning Among Rookie Police Officers

The problem addressed was service-learning has not been adopted as a widespread teaching practice in criminal justice professional. The purpose was to explore the experiences service-learning in college criminal justice courses among rookie police officers. A basic qualitative design was the method of study. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data from 8 purposefully selected rookie police officers. Findings revealed that rookie police officers with prior service-learning experiences continued to engage with youth and community organizations and develop altruistic behaviors after their college service-learning experiences. A reduction in the use-of-force by police officers would result in positive social change.

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Smith, J. D. (2020, October 1-2). Experiences, reflections, and applications of service-learning among rookie police officers [Poster presentation]. Walden University Research Conference 2020 (online). https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/researchconference/2020/posters/49/