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Week 1 Final Project

For your Final Project, you develop a 12- to 15-page research design paper for a criminal justice issue of your choice. Your paper should include the following elements:

  • A description of the criminal justice issue you selected.
  • The research question you are examining and hypothesis(-es) you plan to test.
  • An explanation of whether you would use qualitative, quantitative, or mixed research methods.
  • A description of your data collection method—experiment, survey, use of available data, field research, or some combination of approaches—and why you would choose to use that method relative to others. Include strengths and weaknesses of the method you selected.
  • An explanation of the measurement and sampling methods you would use.
  • Conceptual definitions of the key variables you need to measure.
  • An explanation of how you would measure each variable.
  • A list of survey questions that you would need to ask (if you plan to conduct a survey).
  • A description of the target population you plan to sample (including size of the population and other demographic and socioeconomic conditions, if known) or whether you plan to use existing data.
  • If you choose existing data, be sure to provide evidence of reliability and validity and a description of the sample, concepts, and measures used in the original study. Also identify any limitations of the existing data.

Paper needs 8-10 scholarly references, an abstract, title page, and headings above each section for easy reading. (title, abstract and reference page not included in page count)

THIS IS MY RESEARCH QUESTION: What is the impact of sentencing juveniles to incarceration? The question will investigate the economic, social, and legal effects associated with juvenile incarceration.

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Running head: FORMULATING RESEARCH QUESTIONS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE Formulating Research Questions in Criminal Justice Lindsay Quintero Walden University 1 FORMULATING RESEARCH QUESTIONS 2 Area of Interest My area of interest in the criminal justice field is juvenile offenders. I am interested in this topic because I feel that our youth is the future of America and we need to be aware of the effects incarceration has on them. Not only understanding the impact of imprisonment but providing alternatives and focus on rehabilitation. Every state in America has laws restricting youth from voting, serving as a jury member, and buying alcohol. The laws state that they do not have the mental or emotional maturity adults possess to practice good judgment or make specific decisions properly. The focus of this research will be to investigate alternative sentences for juvenile offenders in America. The paper will also examine some other reasons social justice feels it is wrong to imprison juveniles, even though they can be given alternative options with the United States rehabilitation codes. Additionally, the paper will provide alternative opportunities that can be used instead of custodial sentences, which are far more applicable regarding juvenile offenders. Justification The United States incarcerates more of its juveniles than any other country on Earth. Statistics in 2010, showed that about 70,800 youth were detained in youth detention centers alone. About 500,000 minors are brought to detention facilities in a given year. Sadly, this does not even include the juveniles who have been tried as adults (Moore, 2003). A significantly higher number of male juveniles are in prison or jail than female offenders. Between the ages of 18 to 29 in 2010, males were about 16 times more likely than females to be in jail or prison. Between the ages of 20 to 24 in 2010, men were 11 times more likely than women to be in jail or prison. The gap had been growing smaller before 2010 but has been slowly increasing since (Moore, 2003). FORMULATING RESEARCH QUESTIONS 3 Through researching the topic, I hope to investigate the causes of juvenile incarceration, why the rate keeps increasing, how we can lower rates, and potential ways to incorporate rehabilitation rather than imprisonment for the youth of America. Research Question The research question I have created is: What is the impact of sentencing juveniles to incarceration? The question will investigate the economic, social, and legal effects associated with juvenile incarceration. It will talk about what America will look like as more and more youth grow up incarcerated. The question will also look deeper into the economic consequences that sentencing juveniles to incarceration have on the community because they are the future of America. The question also examines the effects regarding morality because many youth do not possess the mental or emotional capability of making decisions between right and wrong (Matsuda, 2009). Research Design The research paper will utilize survey research design by including both components of quantitative and qualitative research methods (Bachman and Schutt, 2017). The design will be most useful because being an investigative study; it needs to review the current situation of juvenile offenders and establish alternatives from the reviews. The paper will additionally use secondary data because the research may not be able to include data from every state in America. However, interviews will be conducted with juvenile offenders, probation officers, as well as various members of the juvenile justice system in my area. Included, will be first-hand knowledge through my internship completed at the Clark County Juvenile Court working with juveniles incarcerated and juveniles participating in different forms of rehabilitation. Clark County focuses on rehabilitation rather than incarceration; however, rehabilitation is not always FORMULATING RESEARCH QUESTIONS possible. Information and interviews have been gathered and collected to compare the effects of both rehabilitation and imprisonment, which will be included in the research study. 4 FORMULATING RESEARCH QUESTIONS References Bachman, R., & Schutt, R. K. (2017). The practice of research in criminology and criminal justice (6th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Matsuda K.N (2009) The impact of incarceration on young offenders: Irvine. University of California Moore, L. V. (2003). Juvenile crime: current issues and background. New York: Nova Science. 5
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