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:
1. How should research be used in criminal justice decisions and criminal justice policy development?
2. 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 2ND EDITION" WRITTEN BY: RONET BACHMAN AND RUSSELL K. SCHUTT (2012).