Accession Number:

ADA326534

Title:

Navy Personnel with In-Service Criminal Records: Characteristics of Offenders and Career Implications.

Descriptive Note:

Master's thesis,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA

Personal Author(s):

• Lake, Miguel A.

Report Date:

1996-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

57.0

Abstract:

National attention has been focused on the criminal offenses of Navy members while on active duty. This is due to recent incidents such as the rape of a young woman in Okinawa and the discovery of a military drug ring in Europe. Little is known about the characteristics of individuals who engage in criminal activity while on active duty or the effects of a members criminal acts on his or her retention in the naval service. This thesis seeks to gain information on the characteristics of in-service offenders and to assist in designing improved enlistment standards andor improved retention criteria. The Navy Enlisted Cohort file was merged with a Navy Criminal Investigations Service NCIS data file of enlisted personnel with serious in-service criminal investigations. The merged files were used to compare two groups of enlisted personnel persons with serious in-service criminal investigations and the population of enlisted personnel without serious in-service criminal records. The study found 1 offenders are considerably more likely to be discharged for failure to meet minimum behavioral performance criteria than for the offenses they commit and 2 current enlistment screening methods are not effective in identifying future in-service offenders. The study recommends that a consolidated database be developed to incorporate all information on in-service criminal activity. The database should include cases of Command Court Martial, detainment and arrest by Base Police, and cases adjudicated by civilian authorities as well as cases that are NCIS reportable.

Descriptors:

• *NAVAL PERSONNEL
• *ENLISTED PERSONNEL
• *CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS
• DATA BASES
• RECRUITING
• THESES
• ACTIVE DUTY
• PERSONNEL SELECTION
• PERSONNEL RETENTION
• LAW ENFORCEMENT
• CRIMINOLOGY
• MILITARY POLICE
• PUNISHMENT

Subject Categories:

• Sociology and Law
• Personnel Management and Labor Relations

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE