Date of Award

2003

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Education (EdD)

Department

Educational Leadership

First Advisor

Robert L. Kennedy

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine and compare education levels, intelligence quotients, and college courses taken or are being taken by criminal offenders who commit violent versus nonviolent crimes. One hundred males and 100 females from the states' correctional facilities were used as the sample. The sample was stratified according to four characteristics: type of crime committed (violent or nonviolent), ethnicity, age, and gender. The null hypothesis tested in this study was that there is no statistically significant difference, at the 0.05 level, in the educational levels or intelligence quotients of criminal offenders as to age, ethnicity, gender, college courses taken, and whether they committed violent or nonviolent crimes. The statistical method used in testing the null hypothesis was the analysis of variance. A data matrix and frequency distribution were used to demonstrate the education levels, IQ test scores, and whether college courses had been taken or are being taken. It was concluded that there was a difference in the education levels and intelligence quotients of criminal offenders as to race, higher education, sex, and to a lesser extent the type of crime committed (violent or nonviolent).

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