Applied Research in Criminal Justice and Criminology
This is a student-initiated research course, supervised by the instructor. Students will conduct applied research that informs the policies or practices of a stakeholder group or criminal justice agency. This course encourages advanced students to approach the multifaceted problem of research as a set of interrelated issues ranging from tasks of concept formation and theory construction through research design and data collection to the assessment and analysis of the generated data.
Prerequisites: CJC 401, CJC 402, CJC 403, and CJC 404.
Outcomes: Students should be able to synthesize criminological theory, criminal justice policy, research methods, and data analysis into a final applied research project.
Prerequisites: CJC 401, CJC 402, CJC 403, and CJC 404.
Outcomes: Students should be able to synthesize criminological theory, criminal justice policy, research methods, and data analysis into a final applied research project.