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Nov 21, 2024
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2017-2018 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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CRJC 640 - Qualitative Methods in Criminal Justice
Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
This course provides an introduction to qualitative research methods and how they are often applied in the study of crime and justice. Qualitative methods includes a wide variety of challenging techniques such as participant observation, ethnography, interviewing, field interviews, historical analysis, case studies, and textual analysis. The course will explore these various techniques as well as the uses, strengths and limitations of qualitative research. In addition, the course content will include designing, conducting, and writing up qualitative research. Finally, the process of grounded theory construction is explored.
Prerequisite: CRJC 501 and CRJC 521 and CRJC 540 and CRJC 550 or permission of instructor
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