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(6 pp) Focusing on "hot topics" is an accepted
way to generate interest for criminal justice
research, to secure grants, to conduct research,
and to publish papers. While research methods are
often thought of as a stand-alone topic, an
argument can be made for the importance of
incorporating policy analysis, program planning,
and evaluation components in research methods
courses. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Inc., October 2000 Introduction According to MacKenzie (1986), focusing on "hot topics" is an accepted way to generate interest for criminal justice research, to secure grants, to conduct
research, and to publish papers. While research methods are often thought of as a stand-alone topic, an argument can be made for the importance of incorporating policy analysis, program planning,
and evaluation components in research methods courses. Basic Research Pure criminal justice research includes, as does any basic research model, designing, conducting, and evaluating research projects. The major emphases are
on problem conceptualization, research design, measurement, sampling, questionnaire development, and data collection. In light of the information internet it is also essential to consider criminal justice research in an
evolving information environment. In basic research in the criminal justice system, emphasis is often placed on guiding students in interpreting criminal justice statistics and research. Yet the argument is
also made according to Schutt (1996), that a combination of policy needs, academic interests, and/or personal commitments (Schutt 1996:3) motivate social research. Separating the teaching of criminal justice research methods
from potential motivation for learning them, needlessly stymies students interest in a class that they often think of as irrelevant. In examining the basic issue of prison overcrowding for example,
Pearl argues (2000) students should become engaged in criminal justice research methods using three techniques: 1) encourage students to assert their own academic interest by advocating one potential
solution to prison overcrowding. 2)provide an opportunity for students to use research methods to meet the policy needs of an entity, in this case, a task force charged with reducing
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