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Researching Crime and Justice - CRIM3000
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  School of Social Science and Policy
 
 
Contact: Chan,Janet Bick Lai
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
 
 
Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: CRIM2000, SLSP2001
 
 
Session Offered: See Class Timetable
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 

Description

Examines the methodological, ethical and legal issues in relation to criminological research through a critical review of published research studies. Topics to be covered include: the availability and quality of official data, uses and abuses of criminal justice statistics, doing research on sensitive topics and vulnerable populations, problems of access, validity issues, ethical practice, political and legal issues.

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