Criminal Justice Research Methods

Catalog description

CJHS 501 Criminal Justice Research Methods is a Core course required for the Master’s degree in CJHS. This course analyzes research strategies and methods for research in criminal justice and human security. It provides a detailed review of quantitative and qualitative methods, including record reviews, official data, subject surveys, and ethnographic interviews and participant observation. It focuses on the links between theories and methods, research design, sampling, measurement, data collection, and ethical concerns of protecting human subjects. Students are required to write a research proposal, including objectives, background and methodology.