2024-2025 Catalog

CJ-702 Research Methods

Core required course for Master of Science in Crime and Justice Studies. Provides students with the fundamental tools for evaluating, designing and implementing basic and applied empirical research in criminal justice. The association between theories and research methods used in the study of criminal justice is explored through a variety of related data sources. Topics covered include: the principles of research design; issues in measurement; modes of observation; basic methods of data analysis; and ethical concerns. Students will obtain hands-on experience in project design through the development of their own research proposals.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Students who specified one or more of these Programs of Study or Program Foci Crime and Justice Studies MSCJS

Offered

Fall