Research Methodology

Research Proposal # 103962

Criminology > Organized Crime Studies
Hot Topics > Immigration

This paper examines the methodology of a study on immigrants' relationship with organized crime.

1,638 words () | 5 sources | APA | 2008 United States

Paper Summary:

The paper discusses a research study that will focus on immigrants and their potential relationship with organized crime. The paper looks at the population to be assessed, the instrumentation to be used, the distribution and collection of the survey, protections for participants, limitations and finally, stereotypical assumptions of immigrants.

Outline:
Restatement of the Hypothesis
The Phenomenological Assessment Process
Population
Instrumentation
Data Distribution and Collection
Protections for Participants
Limitations and Assumptions of the Method
Summary

From the Paper:

"The rationale of using a phenomenological assessment process in this study is based on the need to critically identify the social link between immigrants and organized crime. The emphasis on the social connection means that it is not possible to assess data collected from arrest statistics and other demographic information (Firestone, 1987; Ferrance, 2000). These sources can be used to supplement the research findings, as has been demonstrated in the literature review, but cannot be used as the primary source of information as these provide insufficient evidence towards proving a social connection (Wilson, 1984)."

Sample of Sources Used:

Ferrance, E. (2000). Action research. Northeast and Islands Regional Educational Laboratory at Brown University.
Firestone, W. A. (1987). Meaning in method: the rhetoric of quantitative and qualitative research. Educational Researcher, 16 (7). 16-21
Jackson, P. S. (1998). Bright star -- black sky: A phenomenological study of depression as a window into the psyche of the gifted adolescent Roeper Review. 1998 Feb 20(3) 215-221
Wilson, B. (1984) Systems: Concepts, methodologies and applications. New York: Wiley.
Wilson, B. (2001). Soft systems methodology: Conceptual model building and its contribution. New York: Wiley.