Connecting Your Learning
Introduction:
Connecting your learning, in regards to research application in criminal justice, range from probability sampling to survey research. Considerably a criminal justice researcher takes on challenges associated with research design, ethical research practices, data collection methods, and analyzing content plus reporting research results. Lastly, a criminal justice researcher should be well versed in evaluating the validity of research measures and the reputability of resources, available for criminal justice research.
Instructions:
Address two key areas of learning for each question.
- 1: Differentiate research methods used by criminal justice agencies.
- 2: Articulate a problem statement appropriate for examination using criminal justice research methods.
- 3: Contrast the research methods used by criminal justice agencies and scholar-practitioners.
- 4: Use a common research method of criminal justice practitioners to examine the problem statement.
- 5: Differentiate between reputable and non-reputable criminal justice research resources.
Special Instructions:
Create a 5 page paper using APA format according to the instructions above. Use 5 scholarly sources for references. Be sure to utilize in-text citations.