Criminal homework help
Discussion Topic Due April 29 at 11:59 PM
Fear of Crime
The discussion assignment provides a forum for discussing relevant topics for this week on the basis of the course competencies covered.
For this assignment, make sure you post your initial response to the Discussion Area by the due date assigned.
To support your work, use your course and text readings and also use the South University Online Library. As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.
Start reviewing and responding to the postings of your classmates as early in the week as possible. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ initial postings. Participate in the discussion by asking a question, providing a statement of clarification, providing a point of view with a rationale, challenging an aspect of the discussion, or indicating a relationship between two or more lines of reasoning in the discussion. Cite sources in your responses to other classmates. Complete your participation for this assignment by the end of the week.
For this assignment, you will submit five research questions on five topics that could be used in a survey on fear of crime that you could give to people in their neighborhood.
In your response, include answers to the following:
- Describe each topic.
- Explain the intended approach toward each research question for each topic.
- Describe the ways in which these questions will support your survey analysis.
Review at least two of your classmates’ posts on the basis of the following questions:
- Discuss if the topics chosen by your classmates are relevant to a survey on fear of crime in a neighborhood and how this applies in the field of criminal justice or for operations of a criminal justice agency.
Do the research questions support the topics chosen by your classmates? Are these research questions appropriate for analyzing the topics? Justify your answer.