Questions for Chappel, Monk-Turner and Payne (2011)

1. Read the Chappel, Monk-Turner and Payne (2011) article and write a critique of the research. Your critique should response to the questions below.

a. What was the researchers’ objective in conducting this research? In other words, what did they hope to learn? b. Would you classify this research as exploratory, descriptive or explanatory? Would you classify it as pure or applied? Explain your answers. c. To what extent has this topic been studied by previous researchers? d. How did the researchers gather their data for this article? e. What kind of data did the researchers gather for this study? f. What are the researchers’ findings? g. Did the researchers achieve their research objective(s)? Why or why not? h. How did these researchers add to the body of knowledge on this subject? i. How might this research affect the practice of criminal justice? j. How would you improve this research and/or conduct additional research to further expand the body of knowledge on this subject?

2. After completing your research critique, attach a cover page with your name on it and turn it in to your professor. Do not include your name anywhere else on the paper. Your professor will remove the cover page and assign a unique number to your paper so that your identity will be protected. Then, they will ask one of your classmates to review it. As part of this exercise, you will also review the research critique of one of your classmates. Write a brief peer review of your classmate’s critique that responds to the questions below.

a. Does the critique address all the questions in the exercise? b. Does the author of the critique respond accurately to each question? If not, which questions did they not answer accurately and why? c. Did the author of the critique omit any important information? If so, what information did they omit? d. Is the author’s critique well argued? If not, what could they have done better? e. Overall, do you believe the author does an adequate job of critiquing the research article?