CRJ8045 Analysis of Crime Data
Learners in this course apply quantitative and qualitative tools to assess law enforcement performance, consequences of sentencing policies, effectiveness of correctional policies, and recidivism rates. Learners analyze the conceptual and technical foundations of crime databases and criminal justice secondary datasets; assess the development of criminal justice databases and examine their uses and limitations; and investigate secondary datasets, particularly those with vulnerable and protected populations, and their use in research.