Presentation Contribution
In our group, we delegated tasks through asking each member what they would like to do. This allowed each person to pick something that interested them, or something that they were particularly good at. In our project my responsibility was to proofread the PowerPoint, and to ensure that our information was accurate. This was carried out through comparing the survey results with the qualitative and quantitative representations we made in our project. Others in the group were responsible for creating the survey, collecting and analysing information and ensuring that information was stored safely. We made it all our responsibility to present the information that we gathered.
Before presenting the information, I was …show more content…
I will also present my findings in a way which is clear and easy to follow, so that anyone can understand it.
Mini Essay - ‘why research is conducted in criminology?’
This short essay will provide a comprehensive perspective on ‘why research is conducted in criminology?’ It will answer this question with many references made to examples from within the field of criminology. This essay will also make some use of legislation to illustrate the need for research within criminology.
There are many purposes for the use of research within criminology, we often use research to understand why crime occurs. As criminologists, the question of why individuals commit crime is central to our study, research enables us to formulate ideologies and typologies of offenders and their behaviour. For example; Lombroso, (1876) believed that it was possible to distinguish a criminal from the way that they looked. He came to this belief after years of research into post-mortem examinations. Although Lombroso’s research was somewhat nonsensical, it asked the very important question of ‘who are …show more content…
For example; Clare’s law was passed after a pilot study in 2012, which identified that women and their children, could be better protected from domestic abuse if they had information about their partner and any involvement in violent offences. If this piece of research was not conducted it could be argued that domestic abuse cases would be much more prevalent than currently. This brings me to the next argument; research can be used to address public fear of moral panics. Often the media present information which is exaggerated to make a profit. If research is conducted into crime, we will be able to illustrate a much more truthful, representative report of the
In our group, we delegated tasks through asking each member what they would like to do. This allowed each person to pick something that interested them, or something that they were particularly good at. In our project my responsibility was to proofread the PowerPoint, and to ensure that our information was accurate. This was carried out through comparing the survey results with the qualitative and quantitative representations we made in our project. Others in the group were responsible for creating the survey, collecting and analysing information and ensuring that information was stored safely. We made it all our responsibility to present the information that we gathered.
Before presenting the information, I was …show more content…
I will also present my findings in a way which is clear and easy to follow, so that anyone can understand it.
Mini Essay - ‘why research is conducted in criminology?’
This short essay will provide a comprehensive perspective on ‘why research is conducted in criminology?’ It will answer this question with many references made to examples from within the field of criminology. This essay will also make some use of legislation to illustrate the need for research within criminology.
There are many purposes for the use of research within criminology, we often use research to understand why crime occurs. As criminologists, the question of why individuals commit crime is central to our study, research enables us to formulate ideologies and typologies of offenders and their behaviour. For example; Lombroso, (1876) believed that it was possible to distinguish a criminal from the way that they looked. He came to this belief after years of research into post-mortem examinations. Although Lombroso’s research was somewhat nonsensical, it asked the very important question of ‘who are …show more content…
For example; Clare’s law was passed after a pilot study in 2012, which identified that women and their children, could be better protected from domestic abuse if they had information about their partner and any involvement in violent offences. If this piece of research was not conducted it could be argued that domestic abuse cases would be much more prevalent than currently. This brings me to the next argument; research can be used to address public fear of moral panics. Often the media present information which is exaggerated to make a profit. If research is conducted into crime, we will be able to illustrate a much more truthful, representative report of the