Exam 1: Science, Society, and Research Related to Criminal Justice and Criminology

Esbensen and colleagues considered the long-term effects of the G.R.E.A.T. program using an experimental design, which is ______ research.

Evaluation research seeks to determine the effects of a social program or other type of intervention.

Many people consider ______ to be the premier goal of any science.

Define positivism and postpositivism. What are differences?

A way of knowing that relies on objective, empirical investigation is known as ______.

After examining all of the interview transcripts, Madfis (2014) develop themes that emerged among them all. This is known as ______ research.

If you think that all youths who are violent are likely to commit violent acts in adulthood, you will probably find many cases that confirm your belief.

Exploration is the most common motive for using quantitative methods.

______ research seeks to identify cause and effects of social phenomena.

Examining the relationship between criminal behavior and other social indicators, such as type of neighborhood, may utilize ______.

When a researcher uses more than one method to study a research question, he/she is relying on ______.

______ methods are most often used when motives for research are descriptive purposes.

Positivism assumes an external objective reality.

True experiments must have ______.

Combining surveys and intensive interviewing techniques is one way to use mixed methods.

What is the Rochester Youth Development Study?

What is secondary data analysis? Why is it important?

The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) asks questions like "Has anyone attacked or threatened you with a weapon?

Methodology is a way of knowing that relies on objective, empirical investigation.

Overgeneralization occurs when we ______.