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Extra Credit Assignment

In this extra credit assignment, you will demonstrate your ability to comprehend and elaborate on information you have learned in research methods course this term. You are asked to read one of the three articles listed below:

1. Friedrich, R. J. (1980). Police use of force: Individuals, situations, and organizations. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 452, 82-97.

2. Hagan, J. (1974). Extra-legal attributes and criminal sentencing: An assessment of a sociological viewpoint. Law & Society Review, 8(3), 357-384.

3. Fuller, D. A., & Orsagh, T. (1977). Violence and victimization within a state prison system. Criminal Justice Review, 2, 35-55. You will then provide the following information in a Word document.

The length of the paper is more than one page (i.e., more than 250 words), and you are required to have all of the following information below in order to receive the full credit. Please write this report in an essay format, and not a bullet point format. For those who submit the assignments that fulfill the requirement, I will add 3% points to your total course grade.

Factors to Identify:

1. Research Question(s)


2. Independent Variable(s)


3. Dependent Variable(s)


4. Control Variable(s)


5. Population and Sample


6. Research Design

7. Results/Conclusions


8. Criticism – Hint: Read the section called Limitations or where they mentioned about the study limitations (generally) within Discussion. You are more than welcome to come up with your own idea of limitations to the study.