Module Identifier LAM3020  
Module Title APPLIED RESEARCH SKILLS IN LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES  
Academic Year 2001/2002  
Co-ordinator Professor Christopher Harding  
Semester Available semesters 1 and 2  
Other staff Ms Anne Barlow, Professor Christopher Rodgers, Dr Diane Rowland, Professor John Williams, Miss Katherine Williams, Professor Lynda Warren  
Course delivery Seminar   20 Hours 10 x 2 hour seminar and workshop sessions  
Assessment Presentation      
  Report   Three written reports exploring the use of (a) Quantitative data, (b) qualitative data, and (c) methodology in law and science, in selected and approved subject areas (2000 words each)    
  Resit assessment   Resubmission of any failed element of written work    
Professional Exemptions Not Required for Professional Purposes  

Brief description


This module will provide training in the use of (a) quantitative and (b) qualitative research methodology in the context of criminological and socio-legal research, and of methodological issues which arise in relation to research at the law/science interface.

Content


The relationship between quantitative and qualitative approaches


Quantitative methodology in the socio-legal field
Quantitative methodology in the criminological field


Qualitative methodology in the socio-legal field
Qualitative methodology in the criminological field


Methodological issues at the interface of law and science