CRM 204 Lecture Notes - Correctional Service Of Canada, Parole Board Of Canada, Sage Publications

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 204
• Professor: Smita Tyagi

Document Summary

Crm 204 criminal justice research and statistics (september 5th, 2012) The practice of research in criminology and criminal. Assignment # 1 worth 6% of final grade due sept 12. Assignment # 2 worth 10 of final grade due oct 3. In-class test, worth 30% of final grade due oct 17. Assignment # 3, review of research article, worth 16% of final grade, due nov 7. Final test, worth 30% of final grade, dec 2012. Media and crime: if it bleeds, it leads . Search for answers and explanations motivated by policy, needs, program management, resource considerations, theory. Use of logical, systematic, documented methods to investigate research questions. Resistance to change (ego based commitment, ideology, dogma, tradition, agreement with authority) Use of scientific method and tools of science. Theory (parsimony, spurious relationships, elimination of alternatives, accounting of evidence to the contrary) Theory influences research which in turn influences theory.