In this presentation, which will serve as a summative assessment of your knowledge to date, you will assume the role of a new criminal justice researcher for a city, state, or federal agency (your choice).
Since research is not always welcomed by criminal justice agencies for various reasons, you have been tasked with preparing a PowerPoint presentation to explain and validate your researcher’s role. In your explanation, you will not only want to identify yourself and your position, but you will also want to focus on the benefits of research, the types of research, and how evaluation research can benefit your agency.
Consequently, you will want to include the sections below in your presentation.
1. Include an introduction.
a. List your name.
b. Include your title.
c. Identify the agency in which you work, and provide a short explanation of its goals and history.
2. Include background information about criminal justice research.
a. What is research? Include the steps in the research process.
b. Why is it important to the field of criminal justice?
c. Describe the activities included in criminal justice research.
d. Explain the procedures that assist in criminal justice research.
3. Detail research methodologies (give explanations and steps necessary).
a. Quantitative
b. Qualitative
c. Mixed methods (6 types)
d. Evaluation
e. Compare and contract each of these
i. Explain how these types of research could specifically benefit your agency.
4. How will you be analyzing the research you conduct in your role?
a. How will you analyze data?
b. How will your analysis benefit your agency?
c. Discuss how meta-analysis may be used to identify patterns in criminal justice research.
Your presentation should be at least 15 slides in length, not counting the title and reference slides. All information should be presented using the slides and in the notes section. At least two outside sources should be used; one may be your textbook, and one should come from the CSU Online Library. References should be listed on the references slide, and the presentation should include in- text citations where appropriate. Any images used must be cited and referenced.
