Reference no: EM133571389

Article: Hurst, Yolander G., and James Frank. 2000. "How Kids View Cops: TheNature of Juvenile Attitudes toward the Police." Journal of CriminalJustice 28(1): 189-202.

Questions:

1. What was the general topic of this research (be specific)?

2. What was the central hypothesis of this research?

3. Specifically identify the dependent variable(s). Describe the conceptualization/operationalization procedures used to represent the dependent variable.Be specific.

4. In your estimation, describe the strengths and weaknesses of the conceptualization/operationalization scheme used to represent the dependent variable(s).

5. Specifically identify the independent variables. Describe theconceptualization/operationalization procedures used to represent the independentvariable. Be specific.

6. In your estimation, describe the strengths and weaknesses of theconceptualization/operationalization scheme used to represent the independentvariable(s).

7. Assess the internal validity of the research design used in this article.

8. Assess the external validity of the research design used in this article.

9. With regard to questions 5 and 6, in particular, how would you improve on theconceptualization/operationalization procedures used to represent the primaryindependent and dependent variables in this study? How would you replicate this study,making it a stronger study methodologically?