Essa

1. Reread chapter 3 in Research Methods in Criminal Justice and Criminology Ninth Edition.Then read the article “Outcome Evaluation of Pennsylvania’s Boot Camp: Does Rehabilitative Programming within a Disciplinary Setting Reduce Recidivism?” (Kempinen & Kurlychek, 2003). In a narrative format of 500 or more words, identify: (a) the research problem (what the authors were studying), (b) research design, (c) data-gathering strategy, (d) any hypotheses, (e) dependent variable(s), (f) independent variable(s), and (g) how key dependent and independent variables were operationalized (defined and measured).