Exam 1: Introduction to Criminal Justice

Common sense was described in the text as generally a poor guide for accurate criminal justice research.

Which of the following represented a "paradigm shift" in American criminal justice:

Methodological narcissists avoid subjects which do not lend themselves to their favored method.

Martinson felt that most criminal justice programs worked well in preventing crime.

Methodological _________________ refers to a fanatical adherence to a preferred method at the expense of substance; the view that there is a one and only best method for doing research.

The androcentric bias in criminology refers to the fact that females have been neglected in the field.

Our basic approach to criminal justice research in this course is supportive of the view that prediction is useless or impossible since all individuals are unique.

It is standard practice in research to refer to the variable one wishes to predict as being the dependent or outcome variable.

Concepts are:

The independent variable is the variable one is attempting to predict.

Many myths in criminal justice research were described as being rooted in common sense.

Generally, theory is concerned with questions of "why" while methodology deals with "what is".

The dependent variable is the variable one is attempting to predict.

_________________ is Max Weber's term for a research strategy in which researchers immerse themselves in the subject matter and develop "sensitizing concepts."

Which of the following was not mentioned by Williams as a factor in "The Demise of the Criminological Imagination"?

Describe this same research study in terms of how it follows the "General Steps in Empirica1 Research in Criminal Justice."

A concept which has been operationalized is referred to as:

Those concerned with good research should be objective, vigilant, and sympathetic.

According to the text, most criminal justice research findings are simply a matter of "common sense".

It is essential that all research projects follow the same specific steps and be quantitative in nature.