Applied Research in Criminal Justice Final Exam
Course Introduction
Applied Research in Criminal Justice introduces students to the principles, methods, and ethical considerations of conducting empirical research within the criminal justice field. The course covers topics such as research design, data collection, statistical analysis, and interpretation of findings relevant to law enforcement, courts, corrections, and policy-making. Emphasizing hands-on learning, students will engage in designing research projects, analyzing real-world data, and critically evaluating published studies to understand the practical applications of research in shaping criminal justice practices and reforms.
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Essentials of Research Methods for Criminal Justice 3rd Edition by Frank E. Hagan
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Criminal Justice
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Q1) Data gathering is the first step in the research process.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) The null hypothesis is the predicted expected relationship and cannot be tested.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Which of the following is correct regarding criminal justice research?
A) criminal justice research is simply a matter of common sense
B) criminal justice researchers expect absolute determinism
C) criminal justice researchers assume their subject matter is probabilistic
D) criminal justice researchers assume their relationships will hold in each individual case
Answer: C
Q4) There is unanimous agreement that the cause of the crime dip in the 1990s was due to application of the "broken windows" approach to policing.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Ethics in Criminal Justice Research
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Q1) Which of the following roles of the researcher was identi fied in the text as the researcher's primary role?
A) criminal justice practitioner
B) scientist
C) citizen
D) academician
Answer: B
Q2) The code of ethics of the U.S.Department of Justice is the primary guideline utilized in criminal justice research.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) In order to conduct research with ethical responsibility, criminal justice researchers should limit their targets of research to volunteers.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) How might ethical problems in criminal justice research be avoided?
Answer: Answers will vary
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Chapter 3: Research Design: the Experimental Model and Its
Variations
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Q1) Time series designs and panel designs are examples of longitudinal designs.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) _________________ of treatment effect is the decline of treatment effect demonstrated by the experimental group after treatment.
Answer: Erosion
Q3) Which of the following was not identified as an advantage of experiments?
A) offer best control for factors threatening internal validity
B) are superior to other types of data gathering
C) are relatively quick and inexpensive
D) are manageable
Answer: B
Q4) Quasi-experimental designs are ones which attempt to approx imate the true experimental design but lack randomization.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: The Uniform Crime Reports and Sampling
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Q1) The Crime _________________ refers to the traditional Part I crimes in the Uniform Crime Reports.
Q2) Discuss some of the major features and changes in the redesigned UCR.What advantages do these have over features of the old UCR?
Q3) One problem with simple random samples is that they can be cumbersome or time-consuminq to select.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Focus groups refer to attempts to construct and focus upon typical characteristics of criminal organizations.
A)True
B)False
Q5) _________________ samples are ones in which every Nth item in a list is included.
Q6) _________________ samples refer to those that permit estimation of the likelihood of each element of the population being selected in the sample.
Q7) _________________ samples are those which do not utilize an equal probability of selection method.
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Chapter 5: Survey Research: Questionnaires
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Q1) What are some problems with self-report surveys of delinquen cy or crime commission?
Q2) It is best to begin surveys with interesting questions which might entice respondents to participate.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The major problem with mail surveys is cost.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Purposively selected groups of volunteers who are brought together in order to record their reactions or attitudes regarding products, candidate speeches, and the like are:
A) exit polls
B) focus groups
C) snowball samples
D) rotated panels
Q5) Counterbiasing involves asking questions in such a way that the behavior appears to be relatively frequent and normal.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Survey Research: Interviews and Telephone
Surveys
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Q1) Informal discussions once the formal interview is completed can often obtain important information.
A)True
B)False
Q2) _________________ is a sampling procedure that enables the researcher to overcome a major shortcoming of telephone surveys: new or unlisted numbers.
Q3) Which is not a feature of the NCVS crime panel?
A) bounding
B) mail questionnaires
C) reinterviews every six months
D) rotation
Q4) The Dark Figure of Crime refers to:
A) crimes committed after dark
B) officially recorded crime
C) unreported crime
D) crimes cleared by arrest
Q5) Given many of the criticisms that have been levied against victimization surveys, discuss some methods that have been employed to assure greater validity in these surveys.
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Chapter 7: Participant Observation and Case Studies
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Q1) Identify and discuss the following three designs: ABA, ABAB, ABACA.
Q2) Which of the following was not identified as a problem with quantitative means of data gathering such as experiments and surveys?
A) overidentification
B) artificiality
C) nonresponse bias d demand characteristics
Q3) Aho's study of Idaho Christian Patriots illustrates disguised observation.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A "verstehen" approach to research represents a commitment to a more positivistic or quantitative strategy.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Disguised observation in which the researcher pretends to be a member of the group is the desired strategy in field studies.
A)True
B)False
Q6) _________________ are in-depth, qualitative studies of one or a few illustrative cases.
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Chapter 8: Unobtrusive Measures, Secondary Analysis, and the
Uses of Official Statistics
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Q1) High inter-rater reliability is essential for the integrity of a content analysis.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The application of empirical social scientific methods to the analysis of history is called:
A) histograms
B) historiography
C) factor analysis
D) causal analysis
Q3) _________________ are persons who pretend to be subjects, but are really in on an experiment in order to "speed up the action."
Q4) Which of the following is not a type of unobtrusive measurement?
A) content analysis
B) secondary analysis
C) factor analysis
D) physical trace analysis
Q5) Meta-analysis is simply another term for a literature review.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Validity, Reliability, and Triangulated Strategies
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Q1) "Different measures should yield the same result" is a description of:
A) convergent validity
B) construct validity
C) discriminant validity
D) pragmatic validity
Q2) The actual numerical value assigned to nominal level variables:
A) are statistically meaningful
B) merely denote classifications
C) demonstrate internal validity
D) prevent interdigitation
Q3) Nominal level data represent the simplest level of measure ment that a variable can assume.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The split half technique eliminates testing effects as well as some other factors of internal invalidity.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What is triangulation? Give an example of how one might go about performing a study employing a triangulated strategy.
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Chapter 10: Scaling and Index Construction
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Q1) Discuss the three major attitude scales used in the social sciences.What are their relative advantages/disadvantages?
Q2) Missing items in a Likert scale are handled by:
A) discarding any with missing items
B) assigning highest score value
C) assigning average score value
D) assigning lowest score value
Q3) _________________ is a scaling procedure in which respondents rather than judges place a series of statements into previously predetermined categories.
Q4) _________________ scales are ones which use judges in order to decide appropriate scale items.
Q5) _________________ scales insist that a scale measure one concept only and that the total score should predict the exact pattern of answers.
Q6) It is best for a researcher to develop their own attitude scales rather than rely upon those developed by others.
A)True
B)False
Q7) Briefly discuss the prediction scale tradition in criminal justice.
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Chapter 11: Policy Analysis and Evaluation Research
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Q1) What is evaluation research and in what ways does it differ from the type of research that has been discussed previously throughout the text? What types of questions does evaluation research ask?
Q2) Wilson's First Law of Evaluation Research states:
A) if anything can go wrong, it will
B) policy interventions produce intended effect if research is conducted by those implementing the policy
C) work expands to fit the time allowed for it
D) while figures don't lie, liars can figure
Q3) Scared Straight programs were identified as programs that do not work.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Discuss the general steps involved in evaluation research. How do these differ in focus from the general steps in standard research Projects?
Q5) Schwarz feels that flaws are inevitable in evaluation research. A)True
B)False
Q6) _________________ research is applied social science research which is intended to guide public policy.
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