Must have a substantive Christian worldview backed by a solid Holy Bible reference.

Questions:

1.Topic: Observations and Implications of Recidivism

After reading Chapter 6 of the Mosher textbook, discuss how the process of measuring recidivism can impact the evaluation effectiveness of corrections policies.

After reading the article “The Revolving Door at the Prison Gate” by Padfield and Maruna, discuss any areas of research bias and any observed areas of less substantive research. Where did you find these elements. What were they?

2.

Topic: Understandability

After reading the article “Controlled Burn: The Gendering of Stress and Burnout in Modern Policing” by Kurtz, focus on the results of this article and discuss:

• Do you understand the results? Why or why not?

• What recommendations do you have for presenting the results of this research so that a police executive could use them?

3.

Topic: Closing the Academic Practitioner Gap

In this class, you have been presented with a variety of peer-reviewed articles. You read the Fundamentals of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice by Bachman and Schutt. You also read The Mismeasure of Crime by Mosher, Miethe, and Hart. Discuss the following prompts:

• How should research be used in criminal justice decisions and criminal justice policy development?

• Explain a gap in understanding the findings in academic, peer-reviewed criminal justice research and practitioner policy development. What can be done to close this gap?

The books that are being used for this criminal justice class are as follows:

“THE MEASUREMENT OF CRIME” WRITTEN BY: CLAYTON J. MOSHER, TERANCE D. MIETHE, AND TIMOTHY C. HART. (2011).

“FUNDAMENTALS OF RESEARCH IN CRIMINOLOGY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE  2^ND EDITION” WRITTEN BY: RONET BACHMAN AND RUSSELL K. SCHUTT (2012).