1. How would you conceptualize terrorism? (Hartley’s book pages 93-100 can be helpful) Under certain definitions of terrorism, why might the military operations of some countries be considered as terrorism, in essence making their governments terrorists?
2. Please conceptualize and operationalize “school violence?” Please carefully define this term so that it is not to be confused with those common terms (bully, for example) we use in daily conversations.
3. In Woff and colleagues’ paper (Hartley, P. 100-111), what do they say are some of the problems with comparing victimization rates inside prison versus rates of the general population not in prison? (you may find the article through Lamar online journal. The references for the article is “Wolff, H., Jing, S., & Bachman, R. (2008). Measuring victimization inside prisons: Questioning the question. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 23(10), 1343-1362.”)
4. According to Batton and Kadleck’s research (Hartley, p. 111-126), what is the most difficult component of measuring racial profiling? What would you do to deal with the issue if you will be conducting a similar study? (you may find the article through Lamar online journal. The references for the article is “Batton, C., & Kadleck, C. (2004). Theoretical and methodological issues in racial profiling research. Police Quarterly, 7(1), 30-64.”)

Discussion 4 Please discuss the following questions.

In Hartley’s Chapter 5, Reading 9: “Public Support for Getting Tough on Corporate Crime,” how was the sample that those researchers studied obtained? Whom did they study? Do you think this is a representative sample? What did the researchers do to make it more representative? (You may find the article through the Lamar library online journal. The reference is “Unnever, J. D., Benson, M. L., & Cullen, F. T. (2008). Public support for getting tough on corporate crime: Racial and Political divides. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 45(2), 163-190.”)

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In what condition multistage (a study is situated to achieve its purposes), the sampling procedure is appropriate, and can be the best method to have a representative sample? Please use Reading 10 (Hartley, p. 143-154) research as an example to explain it. (You may find the article through the Lamar library online journal. The reference is “Wilcox, P., Skubak Tillyer, M., & Fisher, B. (2009). Gendered opportunity? School-based adolescent victimization. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 46, 245-269.”)

Why do some researchers have to use snowball sampling? Is this method justifiable under certain circumstances? Please explain as you are trying to teach us.

Discussion 5

Please discuss the following questions.

1. According to Jacques and Wright (2008), what do these authors state that without a theoretical framework the active criminal interview data is not scientific? Do you agree or disagree? Pleaee provide a comprehensive explanation for your comment. (You may find the article through Lamar library online journal. The reference is “Jacques, S., & Wright, R. (2008). Intimacy with outlaws: The role of relational distance in recruiting, paying, and interviewing underworld research participants. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 45(1), 22-38.”)