A graduate student utilized differential association theory in her research and examined an independent variable of personal beliefs favorable to committing crime on the dependent variable of self-reported crime. She found that this was not the case for all individual's that self-reported crime and she chose to refine her hypotheses and develop a new study. Describe what type of research she could engage in to use her data to develop new theoretical constructs. Then explain how this is representative of the research circle.

What will be an ideal response?


She could engage in inductive research to examine her data to find new patterns and potentially new theoretical constructs. This is representative of the research circle because many researchers start with one type of study and then move to the next type of study to refine and solidify their arguments.

Criminal Justice

You might also like to view...

Research which proceeds from data collection to theorizing is

A) Authentic B) Constant C) Inductive D) Deductive

Criminal Justice

Physiological stress is that which __________.

a. Deals with low-level, gradual stress that includes the day-to-day routine of the job. b. Deals with high-order emergency or sudden stress. c. Deals with an individual's psychological state. d. Deals with the biological effects on the individual, including such factors as increased heart disease, high blood pressure, and ulcers.

Criminal Justice

The oldest and most common of the chemical methods of latent fingerprint development is:

What will be an ideal response?

Criminal Justice

Guilty pleas are constitutional when defendants waive rights knowingly and voluntarily

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Criminal Justice