- Select 5 different surveys used by criminal justice agencies. Make sure the surveys are blank and have not been completed by respondents.
Click here and choose your surveys. You may also use surveys that are not on this list.
- Provide a brief introduction about each of the 5 surveys that you selected. Explain which survey is your favorite and least favorite – and why.
Write at least a 1-page explanation about your survey selections.
- Using your 5 selected surveys, find at least 5 examples of best practices or areas that could be improved upon. Are your identified surveys designed well, easy to read, and a good length? Are your identified survey questions confusing, too complicated, too long or is there something else that could be improved upon? How would you improve identified weaknesses?
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Law Enforcement
Shorter & easier
Corrections
Longer & more complex
1. Virginia PD – Body Camera Survey
2. Lexington PD – Employee Survey
3. Lexington PD – Citizen Survey
4. Milwaukee PD – Attitude Survey
5. Bedford PD – Customer Service Survey
6. Durham PD – Community Survey
7. Geddes PD – Community Survey
8. Palmetto PD – Community Policing Survey
9. Adult Education Survey
10. DOJ Annual Jail Survey
11. Inmate Survey
12. Prisoners Background Survey
13. General Background Survey
You may also use any other survey that is not on this list, but you must provide the source or link
that shows where it came from.
13 Surveys to Select From
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WsaQ-F6Kg46_tmI1150YrUegkYOhYIDI/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kd8KjzzYxBdr02W5SYlVPotb2USOIvE9/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ooji5mhoZJYsxKLv8W23ROr8AgOK2d1C/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iNYpT9P55U17RgRWIL6F9qep9hFIyXNy/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1–c1_Tm_jLpCdxMrhwSfacdVoyBWHcfn/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Eb5JuyjC_TMqhTrzXPru9bxEjY9H-tXg/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RMfo2dGT2DHDn-ymVWsR5wFsBcpcju9t/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m2T7SBTfeabtfb0JDHlFB0pgsFwLFR3v/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U95Hbk8uI5DEE08DeH_M5cFzpIB7juAs/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wtu43ZCzZWCVPydT0OXCWzW4KXpH0fIm/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GXibTpI_ynrB-QQDPBPuUDbQXyrzRzmQ/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ndo6UOX1mOIyTR14KgmxEBXls-wM1l81/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ntNmvlmCFrGhF-qFQQ7mMzR_cPWSGxEL/view?usp=sharing
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References
American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin. (n.d.). Community views of policing in
Milwaukee. https://aclu-
wi.org/sites/default/files/media/pdf/2015_1_20ReportSummary
Bureau of Justice Statistics. (2012). National inmate survey.
https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pdf/nis_acasi_spec
Florida Department of Education. (2020). Corrections survey for adult education providers.
https://www.fldoe.org/core/fileparse.php/5592/urlt/AdultEdProvidersSurvey
International Association of Chiefs of Police. (2018). Sample community surveys.
https://www.theiacp.org/resources/sample-community-surveys
National Center for Education Statistics. (2021). National assessment of adult literacy.
https://nces.ed.gov/naal/fct_prison.asp
Palmetto Police Department. (n.d.). Community policing survey.
https://www.palmettofl.org/1181/Community-Policing-Survey
Town of Bedford. (n.d.). Police customer satisfaction survey.
https://www.bedfordnh.org/DocumentCenter/View/490/Customer-Service-Survey-
PDF?bidId=
U.S. Department of Justice. (2021). Annual survey of jails.
https://bjsasj.rti.org/pdfs/ASJ_CJ5_2021 ?pdf=ASJ-CJ5-2021
Virginia Police Department. (2017). 2017 Body worn camera survey Virginia PD.
http://www.virginiamn.us/department/police_department/docs/2017%20Body%20Worn
%20Camera%20Survey%20Virginia%20PD
https://aclu-wi.org/sites/default/files/media/pdf/2015_1_20ReportSummary
https://aclu-wi.org/sites/default/files/media/pdf/2015_1_20ReportSummary
https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pdf/nis_acasi_spec
https://www.fldoe.org/core/fileparse.php/5592/urlt/AdultEdProvidersSurvey
https://www.theiacp.org/resources/sample-community-surveys
https://nces.ed.gov/naal/fct_prison.asp
https://www.palmettofl.org/1181/Community-Policing-Survey
https://www.bedfordnh.org/DocumentCenter/View/490/Customer-Service-Survey-PDF?bidId=
https://www.bedfordnh.org/DocumentCenter/View/490/Customer-Service-Survey-PDF?bidId=
https://bjsasj.rti.org/pdfs/ASJ_CJ5_2021 ?pdf=ASJ-CJ5-2021
http://www.virginiamn.us/department/police_department/docs/2017%20Body%20Worn%20Camera%20Survey%20Virginia%20PD
http://www.virginiamn.us/department/police_department/docs/2017%20Body%20Worn%20Camera%20Survey%20Virginia%20PD