JS 0503 - Criminal Justice Research Methods

3 Credit Hours
Examines the basic concepts of criminal justice. Students will learn both quantitative and qualitative research techniques necessary for systematic analysis of the criminal justice system, offender behavior, crime trends, and program effectiveness. Additionally, students will become familiar with existing sources of criminal justice data and will learn to assess the quality of that data, and learn to critically evaluate existing research. Lastly, students will be required to synthesize advanced scholarly, knowledge, critique theoretical concepts, and master disciplinary and inter- disciplinary skills in knowledge in the creation of research proposals. Cross-listed with CJ 305. Prerequisites: Junior level standing, 3.2 GPA, and permission of the instructor.