Research Methods I:
Research Design
Crim
860 - Fall 2024
[Last updated 31 October 2024]
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06 September |
ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES * The Methods Stream(s) in SFU/Criminology *
Get your free copies of NVivo 14 (download) and SPSS 26 (lab access) * Other software available to grad
students/faculty/staff
* Other funded opportunities for grad students to keep in mind |
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13
September |
GETTING STARTED: Ideas, Research Questions, Data Sources * Chapter 2 (Getting Started:
Developing Research Ideas) from Research
Methods in the Social & Health Sciences (RMSHS) * Chapter 5 (Sampling &
Recruitment) from RMSHS * Road Trip! We visit Yolanda Koscielski of the Library Research Commons regarding resources for Crim
students
(11:15 AM in Library Room 4009). *
Submit a 1-pager before class on any of this week’s readings |
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20
September |
WHY MIX METHODS IN CRIMINOLOGICAL RESEARCH? * Preface and Chapter 1
(Perspectives on Research) from RMSHS * Dawadi
et al (2021) Mixed
Methods Research –Types, Challenges, Criticisms * Onwuegbuzie
& Collins (2007) Typology
of mixed methods sampling designs *
Special Guest: Chris Atchison, Co-author of RMSHS and Research Administrator
for School of Population & Public Health at UBC/Medicine * Submit a 1-pager before class on any of this week’s readings * ASSIGNMENT:
Ethics.
Complete the post-2022 TCPS ethics 9-module tutorial at https://tcps2core.ca/welcome if you have not done so already.
The Secretariat suggests it will take about 4 hours in total. Send your
certificate of successful completion to Prof before next class. |
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27 September |
ETHICAL ISSUES IN CRIMINOLOGICAL
RESEARCH * Chapter
3 (Ethics in Social Research) from Research Decisions (2014) * Palys & Lowman (2019) Eight challenges to research
confidentiality in Canada * Download VeraCrypt for
your Windows, Mac and/or Linux operating systems * Codes of Ethics: * Code of Ethics of the Academy of Criminal
Justice Sciences * Tri-Council Policy Statement:
Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans * SFU Policy R20.01 (2023). Ethics Review of Research Involving Human Participants *
Special Guest: Dr. Kristie Westerlaken, Director of
Research Ethics & Security *
Submit a 1-pager before class on any of this week’s readings |
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04
October |
OPERATIONALIZATION *
Bernard (2013) Scales
and Scaling *
Gould (1981) Craniometry (Excerpt from The Mismeasure
of Man) * Harris (2017): 'Sexist and racist': Indigenous
inmate takes prison security tests to the Supreme Court * Your
term project proposal is due no later than today, although you are welcome to
send it sooner *
Submit a 1-pager before class on any of this week’s readings |
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11
October |
EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES * Chapter 6
(Eliminating Rival Plausible Explanations: The Experiment) from RMSHS * Simpson (2024) Experimental methods in Criminology *
Cook (2018) Twenty-Six
Assumptions that make Random Assignment “Golden” *
Special guest: Dr. Rylan Simpson, to talk of his
use of experimental methods in Criminology *
Submit a 1-pager before class on any of this week’s readings |
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18
October |
QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES, EVALUATION *
Chapter 7 (From Manipulative to Analytic Control: Quasi-Experimentation) from
RMSHS * Hutchinson (2019) Evaluation
Failures: Conclusion * Special
guest: Dr. Jen Wong, talking about contracting
opportunities and associated challenges *
Submit a 1-pager before class on any of this week’s readings |
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25
October |
CASE STUDY APPROACHES *
Chapter 8 (Case Study Approaches) from RMSHS * Stake (2003): Case studies * Saldana (2016) An introduction to codes and coding * Special
guest: Dr. Gail Anderson, talking about her work in
forensic entymology *
Submit a 1-pager before class on any one of this week’s readings |
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01
November |
CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON RESEARCH
DESIGN * Hall (2024) Using an IRM to Decolonize & Define Self-Determination and Indigenous Governance * Cunneen, Rowe & Tauri (2017) Indigenous Epistemologies and Methodologies *
Special Guest: Dr. Wenona Hall, Chair of the SFU
Department of Indigenous Studies *
Submit a 1-pager before class on any of this week’s readings |
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08
November |
INTERACTIVE TECHNIQUES:
SURVEYS/INTERVIEWS/ORAL HISTORY * Chapter 9 (Surveys &
Questionnaires) and Chapter 10 (Interviews) from RMSHS * AAPOR (2020) Best
practices for survey research * Hesse-Biber & Leavy (2011):
Oral
History *
Submit a 1-pager before class on any of this week’s readings |
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15
November |
ETHNOGRAPHY & COMMUNITY-BASED
APPROACHES * Chapter 11 (Observation,
Ethnography and Participatory Action Research) from RMSHS * Oscar et al (2018): Negotiations
and Research Bargains: Gaining Access * Godderis
& Root (2023) Centering Reciprocity and Accountability in
Community-Based Research *
Special Guest: Dr.
Andrea Krusi, SFU/Crim’s
newest appointment in the Research stream *
Submit a 1-pager before class on any of this week’s readings |
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22
November |
DISSEMINATING YOUR RESEARCH:
Writing, Presenting, Media * Chapter 15
(Disseminating Your Research) from RMSHS * Hewitt et al (2016) The
"Art" of Writing Papers for Criminology Journals * Liebenberg (2016) Writing to Learn: Why We Should Write,
Rewrite, and Rewrite Again * Sousa & Clark (2017)
Getting the most out of academic conference
attendance * Reddick (2016) Using social media to promote scholarship * Career
Trajectories II: Researcher
as Expert Witness/Advocate/Public Academic as well as Researcher as
Methodologist/Research Coordinator. Guest is Chris Atchison. |
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29
November |
PROJECT PRESENTATIONS –
Schedule/Format to be determined |