Module Identifier LAM3020  
Module Title APPLIED RESEARCH SKILLS IN LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES  
Academic Year 2002/2003  
Co-ordinator Professor Lynda Warren  
Semester Available semesters 1 and 2  
Other staff Ms Anne E Barlow, Professor Christopher P Rodgers, Dr Diane Rowland, Professor John R Williams, Miss Katherine S Williams  
Course delivery Seminars / Tutorials   22 Hours Seminar. 11 x 2 hour seminar and workshop sessions  
Assessment Semester Assessment   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)    
  Semester Assessment   Presentation:    
  Supplementary Assessment   Resubmission of any failed coursework    
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