Exam 11: Historical, Qualitative, Document Analysis, Academic Legal, and Mixed Methods Research

That class of research in which quantitative and qualitative data-collection and analysis techniques are used in a single study,or series of studies,examining a particular object of study.

Primary sources are found in archives (a place where documents are stored),in private collections,in family closets,or in museums.

___________ is a deliberate distortion designed to protect moral standards or furnish a particular image.

Criminal justice/criminology is witnessing an increasing interest in historical research.

What are the similarities between historical and ethnographic research?

Quantitative analysis is a broad category of research that analyzes interpretively the meaning and significance of textual and visual data.

The idea that the law is established initially through statute passed by legislatures and ultimately through judicial rulings made in individual cases s referred to as:

Anachronism is an error whereby a historical researcher locates an event before or after when it actually occurred.

Qualitative or quantitative data about past events that were created and used in the past time period are called:

What are the advantages and disadvantages of using mixed methods?

______________ are a method of reviewing the narrative contained in a court ruling that captures the facts of the case,the central legal issue,the legal principle at the heart of the case,and the legal reasoning employed.

Those sources of legal authority that are derived from actual legal statutes,common law,case law,and administrative law are referred to as:

Using legal research and analysis methods,while not is formally recognized as a legitimate means to generate knowledge in criminology and criminal justice.