Research Methods in Criminal Justice - Week 11 News Journal.

Required Textbook: Hagan, Frank E., Research Methods in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Pearson Education,Inc., 2014. ISBN: 978-0-13-300861-6.

Each week, students will write a journal entry of what the student has learned from the current news of the week regarding the Criminal Justice system.

Identify at least three (3) criminal justice news items and explain why these news items are impactful news items with the relevance, consequences, and significance on the U.S. and/or world.

Each news journal will be at least 750 words, not including the title and reference pages.

Students are welcomed and encouraged to have the weekly news journal subject matter to correspond with the weekly assigned chapter subject matter (i.e. Chapter 11: Policy Analysis and Evaluation Research).