Decision Making

Decision Making

Overview

In this assignment, you will consider how you would approach decision making within a criminal justice agency. To complete this assignment, you must first complete the assigned textbook reading for this module.

Prompt

Imagine that your supervisor approaches you and asks you to explain why there has been an increase in community complaints about your criminal justice agency and what can be done to reduce the number of complaints being received.

Prepare a journal assignment that thoroughly addresses the following.

· What are the differences between qualitative and quantitative research methods?

· How would you analyze the problem (qualitatively and quantitatively)

· Justify your selection of an individual method found within qualitative or quantitative research that you would use to obtain data to address the issue.

· Provide a reasonable solution based on analysis.

What to Submit

Submit assignment as a Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Your journal assignment must be 4–6 paragraphs with sources cited in APA format. Journal assignments in this course are private between you and the instructor.