The Relationship between Perceived Offense and Actual Discipline Rates in the Military

Abstract

Because research findings relating to the problem of minority discipline were few, particularly findings that relate perceptions of diciplinary offenses with actual punishment rates, the availability of record data prompted researchers to examine this problem first. Before examining the impact of the training programs in this area, it seemed desirable to clarify the nature and seriousness of some of the discipline problems. This report focuses on a particular problem area: punishment (Article 15) and discharge rates and perceived offense rates among different racial groups. The annalyses reported here were made using Article 15 and discharge data from the six-month period, 1 August 1975 and data from a January 1976 survey.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA077947

Entities

People

  • Roland J. Hart

Organizations

  • U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • African Americans
  • Data Science
  • Discrimination
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Experimental Design
  • Factor Analysis
  • Information Science
  • Military Research
  • Minority Groups
  • Perception
  • Probability
  • Racial Discrimination
  • Social Sciences
  • Sociology
  • Statistics
  • Surveys
  • Training

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