Military Offense Rates: Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Differences

Abstract

The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether Navy personnel are disciplined without regard to racial-ethnic membership. Two samples were used. The first consisted of personnel receiving nonjudicial punishment (NJP) or courts-martial between 1 May 1982 and 30 April 1983. The second sample was derived from documents reporting infractions, which contain the nature of the violation and type of court-martial but do not include information on punishment. Both samples were restricted to E-1 to E-4(enlisted) personnel only. Whites and men were used as standard of comparison. T-tests and the z-ratio were used to determine differences among the standards and the minority groups of interest (blacks, American Indians, Asian/Pacific Islanders, Filipinos, Hispanics, and women).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA162521

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  • Patricia J. Thomas
  • Susan L. Polan

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Personnel
  • Court Martial
  • Criminal Justice System
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Science
  • Databases
  • Department Of Defense
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Hispanics
  • Information Science
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Research
  • Minority Groups
  • Native Americans
  • Personnel Management
  • Sociology
  • Standards

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  • Naval Personnel Management