QUESTION # 1 ( NO WORD REQUIREMENT)
Research the Juvenile Justice System in your state NEW YORK STATE and discuss some surprising facts about how juveniles are dealt with in your state.
In your response, please include research to support your discussion.
QUESTION # 2( NO WORD REQUIREMENT)
For this week’s discussion, review the Casey Anthony case and identify the evidence that would be used to create a compelling psychological profile. Discuss your selections in detail and explain why they were used.
QUESTON #3 (NO WORD REQUIREMENT)
Experimental Designs verses Non-experimental Designs
Go to the online li
ary and read the following study by Cynthia Lum and Sue-Ming Yang about research design choice:
Lum, C. & Yang, S. M XXXXXXXXXXWhy do evaluation researchers in crime and justice choose non-experimental methods? Journal of Experimental Criminology, 1 (2), XXXXXXXXXX.
Describe the three major types of research design. What are some of the reasons researchers might choose one design over another? How might research design relate to a study’s validity, reliability, and generalizability?
QUESTION #4 ( 10 SLIDE POWERPOINT)
Stanford Prison Experiment
A classic study in Criminal Justice is the Stanford Prison Experiment. This week you will conduct research on this classic study and submit your work as a PowerPoint presentation.
Research the Stanford Prison Experiment.
Create a 10 –12 slide PowerPoint presentation incorporating speaker notes to provide an overview of the following:
1. Provide a
ief review of the study.
2. What was the purpose of the study (exploratory, descriptive, explanatory, evaluative, or a combination)? Justify your reasoning.
3. Describe the sampling strategy and sampling technique.
4. Describe the research design
5. List four ethical principles or standards and discuss whether researchers were compliant with these principles.
6. Evaluate the validity and reliability of this experiment. Explain your answer.
7. Analyze whether the results can be generalized to another situation or population. Justify your reasoning.