Criminal Justice and Policing
Identify a topic of interest that you might want to pursue research and examine your selected topic and in which the authors present statistical findings.
You are not tied to this topic when you reach the sequence, but it should be a topic that you find interesting and relates to your Criminal Justice & Policing
Once you have located your articles, prepare a short paper using the following format:
• Introduction to the selected topic of interest
• Brief summary of first article
o Include research question(s) and hypotheses, and general findings.
• Brief summary of second article
o Include research question(s) and hypotheses, and general findings
o Include statistical tests used.
• Synthesis
o Specifically, compare and contrast the two articles, assessing the types of statistical methods and analysis used.
• Conclusion
oAssess what approach you might take if you were to conduct a study in this topic area.
Length: 3 to 5 pages not including title page and reference page.
References: Include a minimum of 3 scholarly resources. APA 7th edition