Assignment:
DB 1: Communicating with Special Populations In the Law Enforcement environment, police deal with special groups and people with special needs. Some of these are controlled encounters for example, community and political meetings. What can police do in situations that spontaneously occur in the course of their work in order to prepare and communicate better with people of special groups or people with special needs?
DB 2: What Would You Do? You have just pulled over a motor vehicle for a red light violation. When you approach the driver, you immediately discover he does not speak English. There are several other people in the car ranging in age from 12 to 68 years of age. Explain what you would do in order to communicate in this situation.
DB 3: Impact Evaluations Using an experimental design, create an impact evaluation of a program that allows prisoners to attend classes at a local college. The program is designed to reduce the recidivism of participants as compared with nonparticipants. Explain the evaluation and discuss what issues you might run into with this experiment.
DB 4: Mixed-Methods Do you believe it would be difficult to conduct a mixed methods project as the sole researcher on the project? Why? What do you believe are some advantages and disadvantages. Give examples when you would want to use mixed methods.