Topic is: Factors related to African American males being targets of police brutality at disproportionate rates
By now, you may have a research topic in mind. Your topic must emphasize a social problem and your research must have implications for social change. Think about what is known in the field of public policy and administration and what you want to explore. Whether you have a topic yet or not, the literature search will help you to define and refine it. Finally, selecting a topic and conducting a literature review will give you the basis for drafting your Premise.
There is a multitude of research databases in the Walden Library. Some may be more useful than others for finding articles related to your Dissertation topic. Before you begin to search for articles, it is important to identify the databases that will be most useful. It also is important to use the best searching strategies. If you search using keywords that are too broad, you may be inundated with useless information. If you search using keywords that are too specific, you may miss articles that are pertinent to your Dissertation topic.
To prepare for this Discussion, review the Dissertation and Writing Resources in this weeks Learning Resources.
Your Week 1 Assignment was to describe your Dissertation topic and how you came to select it, what your interest is in studying it, the problem that makes it worth studying, and its significance. To prepare for this Discussion, use the Litmus Test listed in your Learning Resources to develop and revise your topic and problem statement you drafted in Week 1.
ASSIGNMENYT
Post a response to the following:
- Briefly describe your Dissertation topic and the problem statement that you have developed or revised from Week 1, together with its significance. Both your topic and the problem statement are required in your Premise.
- Describe how you will use the Waldens Doctoral Capstone Resources located in this Weeks Resources throughout the Dissertation process.
wk 1 assignment is attached
Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the Learning Resources.
Required Readings
Criminal Justice
Maxfield, M., & Babbie, E. (2018). Research methods for criminal justice and criminology (8th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.
Chapter 1, “Crime, Criminal Justice and Scientific Inquiry”
Chapter 2, “Foundations of Criminal Justice Research”
Dissertation
Rudestam, K. E., & Newton, R. R. (2015). Surviving your dissertation: A comprehensive guide to content and process (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE. ISBN: 978-1-4522-6097-6
Chapter 2, Selecting a Suitable Topic (pp. 926)
Chapter 4, Literature Review and Statement of the Problem (pp. 6997)
Chapter 10, Writing (pp. 259279)
Writing
Walden University Library. (n.d.-b). Evaluating resources: Resource types. Retrieved from hhttp://academicguides.waldenu.edu/library/evaluating
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