BCJ470 – RESEARCH METHODS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CRIMINOLOGY
Writer can choose one of the following topics
Your book states that sometimes participant observation and intensive interviewing can be used in combination with one another. First, describe one benefit of using mixed methods. Second, using the example of policecommunity relations, describe at least two ways that using observations and intensive interviewers together could be useful to uncover detailed information about policecommunity relations.
Compare and contrast descriptive and analytic comparative research. Examine the benefits of historical research as well as the limitations inherent in using historical data, especially comparative historical data.
Explain the differences between an efficiency analysis, a cost-benefit analysis, and a cost-effectiveness analysis as well as when a cost-benefit analysis and a cost-effectiveness analysis is most appropriate.
