Researching Professionals or Professional Researchers? A Comparison of Professional Doctorate and PhD Programs in Criminology & Criminal Justice

Researching Professionals or Professional Researchers? A Comparison of Professional Doctorate and PhD Programs in Criminology & Criminal Justice

There are many questions asked by people who are thinking of entering a PhD program in criminology or criminal justice (CCJ). In addition to standard questions about completion time and assistantships, working professionals sometimes ask questions unique to them, such as whether a PhD will help them...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:American journal of criminal justice 2015-03, Vol.40 (1), p.183-198
Hauptverfasser: Schildkraut, Jaclyn, Stafford, Mark C.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Criminal justice
Criminology
Criminology and Criminal Justice
Graduate studies
Law and Criminology
Online-Zugang:Volltext
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
container_end_page 198
container_issue 1
container_start_page 183
container_title American journal of criminal justice
container_volume 40
creator Schildkraut, Jaclyn
Stafford, Mark C.
description There are many questions asked by people who are thinking of entering a PhD program in criminology or criminal justice (CCJ). In addition to standard questions about completion time and assistantships, working professionals sometimes ask questions unique to them, such as whether a PhD will help them to obtain positions as upper-level administrators in law enforcement or why is it necessary to learn research skills. These questions take on added significance today because of the emergence of “professional doctorate programs.” This paper examines differences between professional doctorate and PhD programs in CCJ, with special emphasis on differences in research training and practical experience. This examination suggests that unlike other disciplines, the professional doctorate in CCJ is seen as a complementary degree to the PhD, designed to attract working professionals in the field to higher education, rather than as a competing degree as in other disciplines.
doi_str_mv 10.1007/s12103-014-9240-z
format Article
fullrecord <record><control><sourceid>proquest_cross</sourceid><recordid>TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1664180818</recordid><sourceformat>XML</sourceformat><sourcesystem>PC</sourcesystem><sourcerecordid>3627213991</sourcerecordid><originalsourceid>FETCH-LOGICAL-c316t-b1ab5b9c9c139b9c765ca95876b8905d6740386fb193292281f75e7fcceb7f043</originalsourceid><addsrcrecordid>eNp1kMtKAzEUhoMoWKsP4C4guIvmzCUzWUmZ1hsFi-g6ZNJkOqWd1GS6aJ_CRzbDVLALVyeX7z_J-RC6BnoHlGb3HiKgMaGQEB4llOxP0AB4zAjEKZyGNWWMRDGwc3Th_ZJSSGnCB-j7XXstnVrUTYVnzhrtfW0bufLYuqMD_Etq5x_wCBd2vZGu9rbB1hyTY6ta62SrsWzmeLYYd9eVk2uP6wYXrl7XjV3ZaodvD7sQet36tlb6Ep2Z8Lq-OtQh-nycfBTPZPr29FKMpkSFIVpSgizTkiuuIOahZixVkqd5xsqc03TOsoTGOTNlkBDxKMrBZKnOjFK6zAxN4iG66ftunP3aat-Kpd26bnABjCWQ0xzyQEFPKWe9d9qITfivdDsBVHTiRS9eBPGiEy_2IRP1GR_YptLuT-d_Qz-Sd4hN</addsrcrecordid><sourcetype>Aggregation Database</sourcetype><iscdi>true</iscdi><recordtype>article</recordtype><pqid>1664180818</pqid></control><display><type>article</type><title>Researching Professionals or Professional Researchers? A Comparison of Professional Doctorate and PhD Programs in Criminology &amp; Criminal Justice</title><source>Sociological Abstracts</source><source>Springer Nature - Complete Springer Journals</source><creator>Schildkraut, Jaclyn ; Stafford, Mark C.</creator><creatorcontrib>Schildkraut, Jaclyn ; Stafford, Mark C.</creatorcontrib><description>There are many questions asked by people who are thinking of entering a PhD program in criminology or criminal justice (CCJ). In addition to standard questions about completion time and assistantships, working professionals sometimes ask questions unique to them, such as whether a PhD will help them to obtain positions as upper-level administrators in law enforcement or why is it necessary to learn research skills. These questions take on added significance today because of the emergence of “professional doctorate programs.” This paper examines differences between professional doctorate and PhD programs in CCJ, with special emphasis on differences in research training and practical experience. This examination suggests that unlike other disciplines, the professional doctorate in CCJ is seen as a complementary degree to the PhD, designed to attract working professionals in the field to higher education, rather than as a competing degree as in other disciplines.</description><identifier>ISSN: 1066-2316</identifier><identifier>EISSN: 1936-1351</identifier><identifier>DOI: 10.1007/s12103-014-9240-z</identifier><identifier>CODEN: AJCJE4</identifier><language>eng</language><publisher>Boston: Springer US</publisher><subject>Criminal justice ; Criminology ; Criminology and Criminal Justice ; Graduate studies ; Law and Criminology</subject><ispartof>American journal of criminal justice, 2015-03, Vol.40 (1), p.183-198</ispartof><rights>Southern Criminal Justice Association 2014</rights><rights>Southern Criminal Justice Association 2015</rights><lds50>peer_reviewed</lds50><woscitedreferencessubscribed>false</woscitedreferencessubscribed><citedby>FETCH-LOGICAL-c316t-b1ab5b9c9c139b9c765ca95876b8905d6740386fb193292281f75e7fcceb7f043</citedby><cites>FETCH-LOGICAL-c316t-b1ab5b9c9c139b9c765ca95876b8905d6740386fb193292281f75e7fcceb7f043</cites></display><links><openurl>$$Topenurl_article</openurl><openurlfulltext>$$Topenurlfull_article</openurlfulltext><thumbnail>$$Tsyndetics_thumb_exl</thumbnail><linktopdf>$$Uhttps://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12103-014-9240-z$$EPDF$$P50$$Gspringer$$H</linktopdf><linktohtml>$$Uhttps://link.springer.com/10.1007/s12103-014-9240-z$$EHTML$$P50$$Gspringer$$H</linktohtml><link.rule.ids>314,776,780,27323,27903,27904,33753,41467,42536,51297</link.rule.ids></links><search><creatorcontrib>Schildkraut, Jaclyn</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Stafford, Mark C.</creatorcontrib><title>Researching Professionals or Professional Researchers? A Comparison of Professional Doctorate and PhD Programs in Criminology &amp; Criminal Justice</title><title>American journal of criminal justice</title><addtitle>Am J Crim Just</addtitle><description>There are many questions asked by people who are thinking of entering a PhD program in criminology or criminal justice (CCJ). In addition to standard questions about completion time and assistantships, working professionals sometimes ask questions unique to them, such as whether a PhD will help them to obtain positions as upper-level administrators in law enforcement or why is it necessary to learn research skills. These questions take on added significance today because of the emergence of “professional doctorate programs.” This paper examines differences between professional doctorate and PhD programs in CCJ, with special emphasis on differences in research training and practical experience. This examination suggests that unlike other disciplines, the professional doctorate in CCJ is seen as a complementary degree to the PhD, designed to attract working professionals in the field to higher education, rather than as a competing degree as in other disciplines.</description><subject>Criminal justice</subject><subject>Criminology</subject><subject>Criminology and Criminal Justice</subject><subject>Graduate studies</subject><subject>Law and Criminology</subject><issn>1066-2316</issn><issn>1936-1351</issn><fulltext>true</fulltext><rsrctype>article</rsrctype><creationdate>2015</creationdate><recordtype>article</recordtype><sourceid>8G5</sourceid><sourceid>ABUWG</sourceid><sourceid>AFKRA</sourceid><sourceid>AZQEC</sourceid><sourceid>BENPR</sourceid><sourceid>BHHNA</sourceid><sourceid>CCPQU</sourceid><sourceid>DWQXO</sourceid><sourceid>GNUQQ</sourceid><sourceid>GUQSH</sourceid><sourceid>M2O</sourceid><recordid>eNp1kMtKAzEUhoMoWKsP4C4guIvmzCUzWUmZ1hsFi-g6ZNJkOqWd1GS6aJ_CRzbDVLALVyeX7z_J-RC6BnoHlGb3HiKgMaGQEB4llOxP0AB4zAjEKZyGNWWMRDGwc3Th_ZJSSGnCB-j7XXstnVrUTYVnzhrtfW0bufLYuqMD_Etq5x_wCBd2vZGu9rbB1hyTY6ta62SrsWzmeLYYd9eVk2uP6wYXrl7XjV3ZaodvD7sQet36tlb6Ep2Z8Lq-OtQh-nycfBTPZPr29FKMpkSFIVpSgizTkiuuIOahZixVkqd5xsqc03TOsoTGOTNlkBDxKMrBZKnOjFK6zAxN4iG66ftunP3aat-Kpd26bnABjCWQ0xzyQEFPKWe9d9qITfivdDsBVHTiRS9eBPGiEy_2IRP1GR_YptLuT-d_Qz-Sd4hN</recordid><startdate>20150301</startdate><enddate>20150301</enddate><creator>Schildkraut, Jaclyn</creator><creator>Stafford, Mark C.</creator><general>Springer US</general><general>Springer Nature B.V</general><scope>AAYXX</scope><scope>CITATION</scope><scope>0-V</scope><scope>3V.</scope><scope>7U4</scope><scope>7XB</scope><scope>88G</scope><scope>8AM</scope><scope>8FI</scope><scope>8FJ</scope><scope>8FK</scope><scope>8G5</scope><scope>ABUWG</scope><scope>AFKRA</scope><scope>ALSLI</scope><scope>AZQEC</scope><scope>BENPR</scope><scope>BGRYB</scope><scope>BHHNA</scope><scope>CCPQU</scope><scope>DWI</scope><scope>DWQXO</scope><scope>FYUFA</scope><scope>GHDGH</scope><scope>GNUQQ</scope><scope>GUQSH</scope><scope>HEHIP</scope><scope>K7.</scope><scope>M0O</scope><scope>M2M</scope><scope>M2O</scope><scope>M2S</scope><scope>MBDVC</scope><scope>PQEST</scope><scope>PQQKQ</scope><scope>PQUKI</scope><scope>PRINS</scope><scope>PSYQQ</scope><scope>Q9U</scope><scope>S0X</scope><scope>WZK</scope></search><sort><creationdate>20150301</creationdate><title>Researching Professionals or Professional Researchers? A Comparison of Professional Doctorate and PhD Programs in Criminology &amp; Criminal Justice</title><author>Schildkraut, Jaclyn ; Stafford, Mark C.</author></sort><facets><frbrtype>5</frbrtype><frbrgroupid>cdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-c316t-b1ab5b9c9c139b9c765ca95876b8905d6740386fb193292281f75e7fcceb7f043</frbrgroupid><rsrctype>articles</rsrctype><prefilter>articles</prefilter><language>eng</language><creationdate>2015</creationdate><topic>Criminal justice</topic><topic>Criminology</topic><topic>Criminology and Criminal Justice</topic><topic>Graduate studies</topic><topic>Law and Criminology</topic><toplevel>peer_reviewed</toplevel><toplevel>online_resources</toplevel><creatorcontrib>Schildkraut, Jaclyn</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Stafford, Mark C.</creatorcontrib><collection>CrossRef</collection><collection>ProQuest Social Sciences Premium Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (Corporate)</collection><collection>Sociological Abstracts (pre-2017)</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (purchase pre-March 2016)</collection><collection>Psychology Database (Alumni)</collection><collection>Criminal Justice Database (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>Hospital Premium Collection</collection><collection>Hospital Premium Collection (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (Alumni) (purchase pre-March 2016)</collection><collection>Research Library (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>ProQuest Central UK/Ireland</collection><collection>Social Science Premium Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Central Essentials</collection><collection>ProQuest Central</collection><collection>Criminology Collection</collection><collection>Sociological Abstracts</collection><collection>ProQuest One Community College</collection><collection>Sociological Abstracts</collection><collection>ProQuest Central Korea</collection><collection>Health Research Premium Collection</collection><collection>Health Research Premium Collection (Alumni)</collection><collection>ProQuest Central Student</collection><collection>Research Library Prep</collection><collection>Sociology Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Criminal Justice (Alumni)</collection><collection>Criminal Justice Database</collection><collection>ProQuest Psychology</collection><collection>Research Library</collection><collection>Sociology Database</collection><collection>Research Library (Corporate)</collection><collection>ProQuest One Academic Eastern Edition (DO NOT USE)</collection><collection>ProQuest One Academic</collection><collection>ProQuest One Academic UKI Edition</collection><collection>ProQuest Central China</collection><collection>ProQuest One Psychology</collection><collection>ProQuest Central Basic</collection><collection>SIRS Editorial</collection><collection>Sociological Abstracts (Ovid)</collection><jtitle>American journal of criminal justice</jtitle></facets><delivery><delcategory>Remote Search Resource</delcategory><fulltext>fulltext</fulltext></delivery><addata><au>Schildkraut, Jaclyn</au><au>Stafford, Mark C.</au><format>journal</format><genre>article</genre><ristype>JOUR</ristype><atitle>Researching Professionals or Professional Researchers? A Comparison of Professional Doctorate and PhD Programs in Criminology &amp; Criminal Justice</atitle><jtitle>American journal of criminal justice</jtitle><stitle>Am J Crim Just</stitle><date>2015-03-01</date><risdate>2015</risdate><volume>40</volume><issue>1</issue><spage>183</spage><epage>198</epage><pages>183-198</pages><issn>1066-2316</issn><eissn>1936-1351</eissn><coden>AJCJE4</coden><abstract>There are many questions asked by people who are thinking of entering a PhD program in criminology or criminal justice (CCJ). In addition to standard questions about completion time and assistantships, working professionals sometimes ask questions unique to them, such as whether a PhD will help them to obtain positions as upper-level administrators in law enforcement or why is it necessary to learn research skills. These questions take on added significance today because of the emergence of “professional doctorate programs.” This paper examines differences between professional doctorate and PhD programs in CCJ, with special emphasis on differences in research training and practical experience. This examination suggests that unlike other disciplines, the professional doctorate in CCJ is seen as a complementary degree to the PhD, designed to attract working professionals in the field to higher education, rather than as a competing degree as in other disciplines.</abstract><cop>Boston</cop><pub>Springer US</pub><doi>10.1007/s12103-014-9240-z</doi><tpages>16</tpages></addata></record>
fulltext fulltext
identifier ISSN: 1066-2316
ispartof American journal of criminal justice, 2015-03, Vol.40 (1), p.183-198
issn 1066-2316
1936-1351
language eng
recordid cdi_proquest_journals_1664180818
source Sociological Abstracts; Springer Nature - Complete Springer Journals
subjects Criminal justice
Criminology
Criminology and Criminal Justice
Graduate studies
Law and Criminology
title Researching Professionals or Professional Researchers? A Comparison of Professional Doctorate and PhD Programs in Criminology & Criminal Justice
url https://sfx.bib-bvb.de/sfx_tum?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_tim=2025-01-24T02%3A39%3A42IST&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=infofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rfr_id=info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com:primo3-Article-proquest_cross&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Researching%20Professionals%20or%20Professional%20Researchers?%20A%20Comparison%20of%20Professional%20Doctorate%20and%20PhD%20Programs%20in%20Criminology%20&%20Criminal%20Justice&rft.jtitle=American%20journal%20of%20criminal%20justice&rft.au=Schildkraut,%20Jaclyn&rft.date=2015-03-01&rft.volume=40&rft.issue=1&rft.spage=183&rft.epage=198&rft.pages=183-198&rft.issn=1066-2316&rft.eissn=1936-1351&rft.coden=AJCJE4&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007/s12103-014-9240-z&rft_dat=%3Cproquest_cross%3E3627213991%3C/proquest_cross%3E%3Curl%3E%3C/url%3E&disable_directlink=true&sfx.directlink=off&sfx.report_link=0&rft_id=info:oai/&rft_pqid=1664180818&rft_id=info:pmid/&rfr_iscdi=true