Abstract
A number of academic disciplines permit doctoral students to choose between completing a traditional dissertation or a multi-paper option that replaces the dissertation. We surveyed members of ASC and ACJS and gathered data on their perceptions of the suitability of a multi-paper option in lieu of the dissertation for criminology and criminal justice graduate students. Responses revealed a fair degree of opposition to the multi-paper option. We also estimated a series of regression models in an effort to model the correlates of support for the multi-paper option. Faculty in Ph.D. programs were most opposed to the option, suggesting preference for the status quo. Finally, we included several responses to open-ended questions, thus shedding light on respondents’ reason for supporting or opposing the multi-paper option.
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