Criminal Justice Research and Reputable Resources and measurement of Crime

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Please take a look at the attached assignment. There are 2 discussion questions here. 2.Explain your understanding of science versus pseudoscience in the context of reputable research resources. 3.Discuss whether the articles you selected contain science or pseudoscience. 4.Determine what research methods are used in the selected articles, whether they are used by a criminal justice agency or scholar-practitioner, and why. 5.Discuss whether the articles selected are descriptive, evaluative, explanatory, or exploratory. Include in your discussion what characteristics make them so, and what makes the method used the best fit for the study over other research methods

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Discussion 1 Criminal Justice Research and Reputable Resources • Competencies Addressed in This Discussion • Competency 3: Contrast the research methods used by criminal justice agencies and scholar-practitioners. Competency 5: Differentiate between reputable and nonreputable criminal justice research resources. • Introduction To put into context the utility of social research in the criminal justice field, it is important to examine popular topics in criminology. Where might you see research used in the workplace? What types of research are used? What journals and resources are useful and reliable? By reviewing a selection of articles published in prestigious journals and various Internet content, you will appreciate the difference between reputable and nonreputable resources in research. For your main post, locate two reputable journal articles through the Capella University Library or Internet research and one nonreputable article on the Internet that focus on issues of a single general criminological or criminal justice issue, such as criminology or crime and delinquency. Then respond to the following: 3. Analyze the three articles selected, highlighting which articles should be considered reputable, and why. 4. Explain your understanding of science versus pseudoscience in the context of reputable research resources. 5. Discuss whether the articles you selected contain science or pseudoscience. 6. Determine what research methods are used in the selected articles, whether they are used by a criminal justice agency or scholar-practitioner, and why. 7. Discuss whether the articles selected are descriptive, evaluative, explanatory, or exploratory. Include in your discussion what characteristics make them so, and what makes the method used the best fit for the study over other research methods. Discussion Objectives The competencies in this discussion are supported by discussion objectives. • o o Competency 3: Contrast the research methods used by criminal justice agencies and scholar-practitioners. Determine research methods used by criminal justice agencies and scholarpractitioners. Discuss the characteristics of descriptive, evaluative, explanatory, and exploratory research methods. • o o o Competency 5: Differentiate between reputable and nonreputable criminal justice research resources. Analyze reputable and nonreputable journal articles obtained through the Capella library and Internet research focusing on issues of a single general criminological or criminal justice topic. Explain your understanding of science versus pseudoscience in the context of reputable research sources. Discuss whether the articles you selected contain science or pseudoscience. Discussion 2 • The (Mis)measurement of Crime Competencies Addressed in This Discussion • Competency 5: Differentiate between reputable and nonreputable criminal justice research resources. Introduction In Chapter 1 of The Mismeasure of Crime, you read about the importance of reliability and validity of data in social research in the criminal justice context. Often, in an effort to measure crime and delinquency, for example, the result is a mismeasurement. To avoid this mismeasurement, it is important to consider constraints in research: what they are and why they are important for valid findings. Whether measurement of social phenomena is accurate can depend on the time and context of the data being measured. As societal views change, the meaning of the data can change with it. Therefore, it is important to select precise indicators when measuring abstract concepts, such as when trying to operationalize social phenomena. Before completing the discussion, view Crime Analyst in Action Introduction to meet a crime analyst who shares her career challenges and strategies and introduces the research process she uses in a recent assignment. In your main post: 2. Explain the necessary factors to consider before public opinion survey results can be trusted as a reputable criminal justice resource, based on the principles of survey research examined in Chapter 1 of The Mismeasure of Crime. 3. Discuss how you could use public opinion research in your current or future career path based on its reliability as a resource. 4. Examine the benefits public opinion research would bring to your sector of interest in the criminal justice field versus other more or less reputable research resources. Discussion Objectives The competencies in this discussion are supported by discussion objectives. • o o o Competency 5: Differentiate between reputable and nonreputable criminal justice research resources. Explain the necessary factors to consider before public opinion survey results can be trusted as a reputable criminal justice resource. Examine the benefits public opinion research can bring to various criminal justice sectors versus other reputable and nonreputable research resources. Discuss public opinion research application in your current or future career path based on its reliability as a resource.
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Discussion 1: Criminal Justice Research and Reputable Resources
The article “Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design” talks about implementation of an
environment that will ensure crimes are prevented so as to improve area quality and minimize
the insecurity sense in the society. According to the author of the article, the project was able to
improve the quality of life in a direct means, recommended establishment of new market public
areas, formation of pedestrian boulevards from streets and ensure increased number of
commercial business. Therefore, this article can be considered as reputable on crime prevention.
(Nelson 5-9)
The article “Situational crime prevention” begins by analyzing the situations that lead to
particular types of crimes. The authors then introduce the chance of environment and
management as a way of reducing chances of crime occurrences. Therefore, the article
emphasizes on describing the setting of crime and not the actual action of crime. This is to imply
that the article talks more about how crimes occur rather than the sanctioning and detection of
criminals. Moreover, the authors do not suggest a mechanism of eliminating the tendencies of
crime vie institutional and societal improvement, but instead tries to describe crime in such a
way that offenders see it as less attractive. Therefore, even though this article talks about crime
prevention, it cannot be considered as reputable article because it does not provide mechanisms
or means through which crimes can be prevented in the society. (Clarke 2-8)

The article “Evidence-Based Crime Prevention” is an article that generally talk about the policy
to practice and prevent crime. According to the authors, the agenda of a crime policy is guided
by programmed trends, anecdotal evidence and the general political ideology. The article
focuses on changing the...


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