Unit 5 AS1: Research Proposal Assignment

Running head: Research problem and statement assignment 1

Research problem and statement assignment

Kean University

Wendy Reina

June 13, 2022

Research problem and statement assignment 2

There has been a problem in determining the relationship between racism and ethnicity and

unemployment and crime rates in America. The study population entails all the people living in the

United States who do not have formal employment as well as people convicted of crimes in

America. In relation to unemployment includes people who are actively seeking for employment

opportunities but cannot secure any employment opportunities. The population can be refined

through setting inclusion and exclusion criteria to determine the eligible members of the population

for the study. It includes both the skilled employees who have already graduated from institutions

of higher learning or technical institutions as well as people with no skills but who can offer

assistive roles (Lavalley & Johnson, 2020). However, it excludes people who have resigned from

their employment jobs based on personal will. In relation to crime rates, the main focus is people

convicted of less-organized crimes such as carjacking, robbery with violence and murder.

The main aspect of understanding needed in the study is to determine the relationship

between racism and ethnicity and unemployment and crime rates. This entails developing a link

between racism or ethnicity and unemployment as well as developing a link between ethnicity or

racism and crime rates.

The research is relevant to the area of study as it addresses the prevailing societal problems

in the modern society. These issues affect business development and growth as it involves issues

that determine the opportunities necessary for business expansion and effective business and

customer management. This is through employment management through employment and

expansion which is affected by crime rates in the target area.

The source of motivation for the research is the increased concerns of racism and ethnic

inequalities as well as increased public concerns on unemployment trends and crime rates in the

country (Mesic et al, 2018). Other stakeholders should be interested in the chosen topic as it

Research problem and statement assignment 3

enhances deeper understanding of the problems faced in the community. The stake involved in not

addressing from my perspective is that there may be no links created between the variables

addressed in the research.

The concepts and issues to be studied include unemployment, ethnic diversity, racial

discrimination and bias as well as criminal justice system. There is enough time to carry out the

research as it relies more on the use of secondary sources of data. However, it is not obvious to

answer the research problem as it requires collection of data, analysis after which interpretation

and conclusions are made in answering the research problem.

Reference

Research problem and statement assignment 4

Lavalley, R., & Johnson, K. R. (2020). Occupation, injustice, and anti-Black racism in the United

States of America. Journal of Occupational Science, 1-13.

Mesic, A., Franklin, L., Cansever, A., Potter, F., Sharma, A., Knopov, A., & Siegel, M. (2018).

The relationship between structural racism and black-white disparities in fatal police

shootings at the state level. Journal of the National Medical Association, 110(2), 106-116.