Research Worksheet

Answer the four following questions on the attached document with 250-350 words for each question. In the worksheet, do not use question 4 to answer the first 3 questions.  Use the worksheet that is provided. Double space your answers. A title page and reference page is not needed. You also do not need to use APA for this assignment

CJ490: Research Methods in Criminal Justice

Unit 1 Worksheet

Student Name: _______________________________________________________

After completing the course activities, answer the four following questions with 200-350 words each. Cite your work using APA as needed. Provide your full source references at the end of worksheet.

1. Identify and describe the four purposes of research in criminal justice.

2. Provide a basic criminal justice example for each of the 4 purposes of research identified in question 1 above (it may be easier to provide a separate example for each purpose).

3.

Explain the relationship among the 4 purposes of research? Can some purposes stand on their own?

4. A Chief of Police has started a task force to identify the location of the highest crime areas. Based on the 4 purposes of research, determine the best research purpose(s) for this project. Explain your reasoning.

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Unit 1 Assignment

Help with the Unit 1 Assignment

Four Purposes of Research

Content & Structure
It is important to present the content within a specific structure.
It isn’t just what you say, but also how you say it.

Content
You are asked to do 4 things:
Identify and describe the 4 purposes
Provide an example for each purpose
Indicate the relationship among the purposes
Indicate which of the 4 purposes would be best for identifying the highest crime areas in the city

Structure
Use a simple structure:
This is a response paper (worksheet)
Double space your responses.
Use 12 point font through out.
Provide the question and then the response. You can bold the question (if desired).
Break the response into paragraphs if needed.
Responses should be 200 – 350 words each.
A title page is not needed.

APA
This is a worksheet.
You do not need to use APA references for this assignment in unit 1.

Proof Read
Make sure that you proof read.
Use Spell check
Spell out numbers at the beginning of a sentence.
Write in an academic style. Write in 3rd person. Do not use “use,” “we,” or “our.”
Do not use “I,” “me,” or “my.”
Punctuation goes inside the quote. The dog was “slow,” “tired,” and “lazy.”

CJ 490
Research Methods

Unit 1

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