Robbery and Gender

Robbery and Gender

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22nd July , 2009

Robbery and Gender

Methodology

Conducting research on robbery is one of the complex area as the correct data as to the offence and the offenders are difficult to collect . Even if extra efforts are made to collect data on this phenomenon , the available data need not be error free . This necessitates the identification of an effective method to carry out study robbery . The most important problem with robbery

data is that the criminal offences are converted into official criminal statistics mostly on the basis of available information . The following method seems to be ideal for the purpose

Quantitative Research Method

Quantitative research method is usually referred to as measuring criminal justice reality . To carry out a qualitative study in criminology , various variables associated with robbery offence and gender must be identified and studied . To understand this process several concepts from similar studies and literature of criminology must first be identified . These concepts are then assigned numerical values based on their importance of a particular context . Subsequently , the numerically expressed variables are evaluated to examine patterns of relation , co-variation , and cause and effect . The study under this approach , at the most basic level , involves one dependent variable and independent variable . The dependent variable is the outcome variable which depends upon other variable (s ) and this is what the researcher is going to predict after the study . On the other hand , the...