Module Identifier LAM3020  
Module Title APPLIED RESEARCH SKILLS IN LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES  
Academic Year 2005/2006  
Co-ordinator Dr Catherine Dupre  
Semester Available semesters 1 and 2  
Other staff Professor Diane Rowland, Professor John R Williams, Miss Katherine S Williams, Mrs Marion I Arnold  
Course delivery Seminars / Tutorials   Seminar. 11 x 2 hour seminar and workshop sessions  
Assessment
Assessment TypeAssessment Length/DetailsProportion
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

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 7