Course Summary
This course is designed to build your applied research skills in contemporary criminological research and progress your understanding of the relationship between criminological research, theories and policy. You will examine the theoretical underpinnings of criminological research and learn about designing and conducting ethical criminological research.
Within the course, you will be supported to design, conduct, analyse and report on different types of qualitative and quantitative methods that are used in criminological research. You will also be guided to consider the practical and ethical difficulties associated conducting criminological research.