Research Methods CRJ 2410
Course Description
This course provides a basic introduction to the scientific perspective, the relationship of research and theory, research design, measurement issues, reporting of research, and program evaluation.
Course Objectives:
Show knowledge of the main approaches to research in criminal justice and of the differences between qualitative and quantitative methods.
Assess and apply research concepts and their application in different research phases, with a focus on evaluation research.
Formulate appropriate research questions, employ appropriate methods and resources, and evaluate resources and conceptual frameworks with regard to exploring and developing research questions
Evaluate the importance of ethical issues associated with criminal justice research.
Devise the appropriate research design to develop a systematic research proposal concerning a current criminal justice research question.
Demonstrate understanding of the use and interpretation of basic descriptive statistics..
Write a research proposal based on the discussed project that you have augmented throughout this course in the Discussion Board. (Racial inequalities in CJ)
Identify the problem and question you propose to investigate.
Describe the significance of your study.
Discuss the kind of information/data needed to answer your research question and steps you must take to collect the information.
Identify the main (key) points established in the literature regarding your problem. Describe the different views the literature presents.
Argument about the stakeholders who may sympathize with your research results and discuss what interests and perspectives they could bring.
Based on the literature, identify the most conclusive (credible) solutions to the problem you established. Do you find the literature limiting?
Your paper must be concise, well written, and should meet the following:
Length: 6 pages (not counting cover and references pages).
To support your statements, cite a minimum of 7 scholarly peer reviewed journal sources that are not provided or linked in this course. is an excellent source to identify peer reviewed journal articles. Please write in APA format
