CRIM 220 Lecture 1: CRIM220-NOTES-1-1
7 Jun 2018
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Crim 220: NOTES
LECTURE 1, Week 1: Course Overview Tuesday, January 9th
Midterm on Week 5 (February 6th): based on the material on the first 4 chapters
-Recall questions and recognition (Chapters 1,2,4,5, bit of 6)
Final Exam: Cumulative, weighted heavily on post-midterm material
-Will also be based on assigned readings
Main Ethical Principle: Do no harm
Research Project (part 1)
-1500-2000 words
-Write an introduction for your research proposal that explains and presents your topic
-Write background literature review including 5 academic articles
-Propose 2 possible research designs to answer your research question
-Include APA-formatted reference list (loose half a point for every error on referencing)
Research Project (part 2)
-4,000-5,000 words
-Strict guidelines in terms of format and content
-Communication style matters
-Example paper will be provided on Canvas
LECTURE 2, Week 2: Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 Tuesday, January 16th
Crim 220 Chapter 1: Crime, Criminal Justice, and Scientific Inquiry
Why study Research Methods?
• CJ professionals are both consumers and producers of research
• It is important for CJ professionals to be informed consumers of research
• Need to understand findings and how to apply those findings to his or her department
Two Realities
•Experiential Reality: things we know from direct experience (e.g. touching a hot stove)
•Agreement Reality: things we consider real because we are told they are real, and
everyone agrees upon this. Much of the stuff we deal with, especially social issues.
(e.g. controversies of global warming- are humans responsible for it?)
•Example: Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment (revealed the agreement between
reality that simply increasing patrols decreased crime was misleading)
The Role of Science: an approach to an agreement between both
realities. Assertions are logical and empirical (scientist have a certain criteria
to be met).
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Document Summary
Midterm on week 5 (february 6th): based on the material on the first 4 chapters. Recall questions and recognition (chapters 1,2,4,5, bit of 6) Final exam: cumulative, weighted heavily on post-midterm material. Will also be based on assigned readings. Write an introduction for your research proposal that explains and presents your topic. Write background literature review including 5 academic articles. Propose 2 possible research designs to answer your research question. Include apa-formatted reference list (loose half a point for every error on referencing) Strict guidelines in terms of format and content. Example paper will be provided on canvas. Lecture 2, week 2: chapter 1 and chapter 2. Crim 220 chapter 1: crime, criminal justice, and scientific inquiry. Two realities: experiential reality: things we know from direct experience (e. g. touching a hot stove, agreement reality: things we consider real because we are told they are real, and everyone agrees upon this.
