CRJ 2840 Legal and Social Science Research
This course will provide students with the fundamental building blocks with which to understand and investigate topics in criminal justice and law. The course will focus on basic social science research, including quantitative and qualitative methods. Additionally, the course will teach students the fundamentals of legal research such as analyzing cases for precedence. Students will learn to use criminal justice databases and specialized software such as SPSS. Students will also be introduced to basic legal research software such as Lexus Nexus. The class will involve hands-on projects such as developing the basics of a scientific and/or legal research paper.
Prerequisite
Permission of Chair or professor
Distribution
Criminal Justice & Legal Studies