Where can you find the most important information in the article provided? Reading through how was the study conducted? What are the strengths and weaknesses associated with this study? What did the study find?CJ 4600_Article Assignment A.pdf
UseCrime Solutionsto select a topic for the final project. Once on the page, browse through the programs and practices. This can be achieved one of two ways.
- Click on Topics A-Z from the left bar and manual go through topic by topic or
- Pick a hover over corrections& reentry; courts; crime & crime prevention; drugs & substance abuse; juveniles; law enforcement; technology and forensics; and/victims & victimology, and then pick a sub-topic from the drop down.
In order to pick a topic, it must have under the same topic/sub-topic a program viewed effective and a program viewed as no effect.
Submit a topic along with one green program (effective) and one red program (no effect).
If states and localities are more prevalent in our daily lives than the federal government is, and people tend to trust their state representative more than a member of Congress, why do people tend to know so little about the workings of state and local government? What can be done to improve general understanding of government at the state and local level?
What is federalism? What are the original intents of federalists when they designed federalism? What are the pros and cons of federalism? Why or why not is federalism better than a confederal or a unitary system?
What is Secondary Data? As researchers, how can secondary data be used? Find an example of secondary data and share it with your classmates.
Based on the topic and goal of your Mixed Methods Research Synthesis (MMRS), which resources would you search (e.g bibliographic databases, grey literature databases, reference lists, citation indexes, contact authors and experts, and other resources)? Why? What is the best method of obtaining these resources? What resources are available to you here at Kean?
What are the effects of direct democracy on federal-state relations? How does direct democracy affect federal-state relations? Please answer this question with a focus on distribution of authorities between federal and state governments.