Overview
Description
Techniques commonly utilized in criminal justice research, emphasis on research design, methods of data collection, measurement of variables, and validity and reliability.
Requirements
Prerequisites
- Junior or Senior standing
- Criminal Justice major
CRJ 104CRJ 101CRJ 102
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
Junior or Senior standing; CRJ 104 (or CRJ 101 and CRJ 102); Criminal Justice major.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall and Spring
Terms
fall, spring
Core
CO14
Restrictions
Open to criminal justice majors only.; Junior or Senior standing; Criminal Justice major
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- identify an appropriate criminal justice issue applying knowledge from prior courses and develop hypotheses that can be tested through a research proposal design project.
- apply knowledge on research methodologies and individual research to design a quality research proposal appropriate to test a selected hypothesis.
- apply knowledge on research methodology including stages of conduction research and threats to reliability and validity to various class discussions and assignments.
- recognize ethical issues in criminal justice research and potential sources of ethical violations when conducting research.
- apply an appropriate methodology in a research proposal to sufficiently and ethically answer a research question.