Skills Being Assessed In this assignment, you will practice the following skills: Communication The ability to actively seek and deliver information, articulate ideas, effectively listen, and connect to various audiences, settings, and situations. Problem Solving The ability to identify and frame problems, explore ideas, and create effective, ethical, and evidence-based solutions. Overview While working in … Read more
1) we move into the realm of Sociology and a drift from Structural Theories of Crime to Process Theories of Crime. Historically, what prompted Criminology to make this shift or perhaps addition to the paradigm? In the early 1920s and through into the 1960s sociological theorists grabbed hold of the stage from early positivists, … Read more
How interlinked are sociology and criminology? The field of sociology studies life and any social changes that might impact a person’s life. Criminology, as we know, is the scientific study of crime and everything that factors into it, including behavior. How do these fit together? Does one have to do with the other? Can … Read more
Discuss the capstone cases from Chapters 4-7. Discuss one Chapter URL from each of Chapters 4-7 from “Legal Resources on the Web,” and the weekly videos. You will find more details on the assignment expectations that I will provide
Discuss the capstone cases from Chapters 2-3. Discuss one Chapter URL from each of Chapters 1-3 from “Legal Resources on the Web,” and the weekly videos. I will provide assignment details
Crime Measurement is a critical element in our discipline. If we don’t accurately measure crime it has significant ramifications for impacting, controlling, reducing and ultimately stopping criminal and deviant behavior. Crime is measured using the UCR, NCVS, Self-Report Data, Secondary Data, Police Reports and many other sources. All of these sources are used to help … Read more
Assigned Book Readings: Harris, S. R. (2022). How to critique journal articles in the social sciences (2nd ed.). Waveland Press. The entire book must be read before you take 2 in the second module How to Critique Journal Articles in the Social Sciences ISBN: 9781478646921 Authors: Scott R. Harris Publication Date: 2022-01-10
Source: Herrnstein, R. and Murray, C. (1994) The Bell Curve. The Free Press, New York, NY. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5EynjBZRZo Source: Wilson, J.Q. and Herrnstein, R. (1985). Crime and Human Nature. Simon and Schuster, New York, NY.
In Module 7, our focus was on sampling strategies, especially probability-based sampling. The assigned readings offered some perspective on the generalizability of samples used to collect web-based survey data. In this week’s discussion, I’d like to hear your perspective about the growing reliance on online data. First, given what we’ve reviewed about probability samples, do … Read more
This assignment culminates with your full understanding of crisis intervention. Compare the crisis you identified for this assignment with a similar nationally or at least well-known crisis and how it was handled (for instance if you survived a tornado or other devastating property loss, you could compare it to Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, LA … Read more