Reference no: EM133757700

Question: Students are required to engage in participant observation during the term. Students should observe human interactions for a minimum of two hours and take detailed notes that will be submitted with your assignment.

Students should think about a specific type of interaction that you would like to observe (i.e. parents monitoring children at a park, grocery shopping, behaviors in a library, communication practices in groups, etc.). The topic can be anything you would like and does not have to relate to criminal justice. Having a specific focus will make your write up much easier, rather than broadly examining human interactions in general. Please remember - you are observing, not interacting!

Following these observations, you will be required to submit a 4-5 page write up. Your write up should include the following:

An introduction of what/who you observed, where you conducted your observations, how long you conducted your observations, etc.
Your findings - did you notice any patterns in behaviors? Any outliers?
Conclusions - why do you think people acted the way they did? Can we apply these conclusions more broadly? What issues do you think need to be studied further? What problems/obstacles were you confronted with in collecting your data?