Assignment task: This week we are familiarizing ourselves with some key terms in research, including:
1. Empirical-meaning we can see evidence of what we are describing
2. Replicable- meaning we can repeatedly measure and observe the phenomenon in question
3. Operational-meaning we can define our terms in numbers, so that they can be objectively measured and recorded
For this discussion forum, please describe a scientific fact about a criminal justice topic you are interested in learning and writing about for your literature review assignment. Please also provide a link to this fact or research finding.