Research Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice

Catalog description

An overview of research design as applied to research on crime and justice. Topics include hypothesis formulation, sampling techniques, reliability and validity, survey construction, field observation, and evaluation research. May be taught concurrently with CRM 641. Cannot receive credit for both CRM 340 and CRM 641. Prerequisite: 60 hours; CRM 210 and CRM 250 and CRM 260 and CRM 270 ; and CRM 220 or concurrently enrollment in CRM 220 .