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When discussing issues associated with social scientific research, many believe that this involves assigning numerical values to items and crunching numbers. The truth is, there are multiple ways to collect data, which will become evident as you work to complete this assignment.
The purpose of this assignment is to have you analyze differences in quantitative and qualitative data; then expose you to a relatively simple way to collect and analyze data using primary and secondary sources (via crime information and or (historical) crime documents). There are multiple steps required, which are outlined below.
Part A. Data Collection: Primary and Secondary Sources in Crime Research
Select a crime-related event of interest. Try to select an event that occurred after 1990. Once you select an event, you will use the same event to complete the remaining parts of this assignment
Topic: The People v. Brock Turner
2. Locate several academic journal articles(including legal journals if relevant) that discuss the event you selected. Once located, review them. These are secondary sources.
3. Locate newspaper archives in your library. Based on the date(s) and location(s) of the event selected, search your local, regional, and national newspapers for articles on the event. Read all relevant news articles. These are primary sources. (Newspaper archives for older newspapers are often housed in a microfilm/microfiche area. If you are unfamiliar with using microfilm or microfiche, please ask a librarian for assistance.)
4. Compare the stories in the newspaper articles found to those in the journal(s) you browsed. How does each portray the event under study? 5. If you were going to write a journal article that discusses the event selected, how would you improve the articles you’ve read based on the material in newspaper articles?
Part B. Qualitative Data v. Quantitative Data: Is criminology becoming more quantitative? Quite a few classic studies in criminology are qualitative, but for the past 20-30 years or so, there has been a focus (some would say bias) toward the publication of quantitative studies. This forces us to ask the following question:
Is there a shift towards a more quantitative analysis of crime and criminal behavior? To address this question, select a criminology/criminal justice journal for which your library has at least 10 years of back issues. (Good choices are: British Journal of Criminology, Crime and Delinquency, Crime and Justice, Criminal Justice and Behavior, Criminal Justice Review, Criminology, Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, and Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency). Once you’ve selected your journal, complete the following:
Review all of the abstracts for three issues within the past 2 years. For each article, note whether the article included any qualitative data. Note whether the article also used quantitative data (This can be a simple count…e.g. for article 1, there were 10 references to qualitative data and 12 references to quantitative data).
Locate issues in the same journals from 5 years ago. Repeat step 1.
Do the same for 10 years ago. Repeat step 1.
Write a brief report in which you assess how the number of articles using qualitative/quantitative methods has changed during this time period (or hasn’t changed). Refer back to the initial question above to support your argument(s).

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