SOCI 238 - Rsch Method in Criminal Justice

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Montclair State University

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College: COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE Department: SOCIOLOGY Credits: 3.00 Research Methods in Criminal Justice. An introduction to methods of social research and their particular application to the study of criminal justice. Defining research questions and designing ways of getting systematic evidence relevant for those questions. Understanding the nature of aggregate data, probability, and social science generalization. Creating variables--conceptualization, definition, and measurement. Basic statistical measures, descriptive and inferential. Quantitative and qualitative data. A critical look at existing sources of criminal justice data. Problems of access, quality of data, and interpretation. Ethical issues. 2 hours lecture, 1 hour other.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.montclair.edu

Phone Number:

(973) 655-4000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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