For this Assessment, you will design a research proposal for a crime issue affecting your community or region. Though you do not need to carry out the research proposal, it should be an implementable plan. The goal of this exercise is to allow you to look at criminal justice issues from the point of view of a researcher, examining the different facets of an issue that need to be taken into account to conduct research. This competency should expand your awareness of theories, designs, and methods that can be used to conduct criminal justice research, should you continue your studies at the doctoral level or be required to conduct research in your career The Assessment: Design a study to examine the effect of crime on your community from both a quantitative and qualitative approach. Your study proposal should be 3–5 pages long and must include the following: 1.Choose a particular crime that is present in your community. Identify what is not yet known about the relationship between that particular crime and its effect on the community. 2. Formulate a research question that you could explore in a research study. Your question should be an extension of current research. 3.Select a population and a sampling technique to use for the research proposal. Describe the target population (including size of the population and other demographic and socioeconomic conditions, if known) and how you plan to sample it or whether you plan to use existing data. 4.Define your research variables (independent and dependent). Provide conceptual definitions of the key variables you need to measure. 5.Explain/ how you would measure each variable. 6.Identify survey instrument (if used): a list of survey questions that you would need to ask (if you plan to conduct a survey). If you choose existing data, be sure to provide evidence of reliability and validity and a description of the sample, concepts, and measures used in the original study. Also identify any limitations of the existing data. 7.Provide a description of mixed-methods approach taken. Learning Resources Note: To access this week’s required library resources, please click on the link to the Course Readings List, found in the Course Materials section of your Syllabus. Required Readings Mays, G. L., & Ruddell, R. (2015). Making sense of criminal justice: Policies and practices (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. Chapter 15, "Making Sense of Criminal Justice—Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow," pp. 309–330 Making sense of criminal justice: Policies and practices, 2nd.Ed. by Mays, L. M., & Ruddell, R. Copyright 2015 by Oxford University Press. ?Reprinted by permission of Oxford University Press via the Copyright Clearance Center. Bachman, R. D., & Schutt, R. K. (2018).?Fundamentals of research in criminology and criminal justice (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.?? Chapter 2, “The Process and Problems of Criminological Research” pp. 24–45 Fundamentals of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice, 4th.Ed. by Bachman, R., & Schutt, R. K.?Copyright 2018 by Sage College. ?Reprinted by permission of Sage College via the Copyright Clearance Center. Bachman, R. D., & Schutt, R. K. (2018).?Fundamentals of research in criminology and criminal justice (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.?? Chapter 4, “Conceptualization and Measurement” pp. 70–92 Fundamentals of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice, 4th.Ed. by Bachman, R., & Schutt, R. K.?Copyright 2018 by Sage College. ?Reprinted by permission of Sage College via the Copyright Clearance Center. Bachman, R. D., & Schutt, R. K. (2018).?Fundamentals of research in criminology and criminal justice (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.?? Chapter 5, “Sampling” pp. 70–92 Fundamentals of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice, 4th.Ed. by Bachman, R., & Schutt, R. K.?Copyright 2018 by Sage College. ?Reprinted by permission of Sage College via the Copyright Clearance Center. Bachman, R. D., & Schutt, R. K. (2018).?Fundamentals of research in criminology and criminal justice (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.?? Chapter 7, Survey Research” pp. 153–184 Fundamentals of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice, 4th.Ed. by Bachman, R., & Schutt, R. K.?Copyright 2018 by Sage College. ?Reprinted by permission of Sage College via the Copyright Clearance Center. Bachman, R. D., & Schutt, R. K. (2018).?Fundamentals of research in criminology and criminal justice (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.?? Chapter 9, “Analyzing Content Secondary Data Analysis, Comparative Methods, Content Analysis, Crime Mapping, and Big Data” pp. 225–248 Fundamentals of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice, 4th.Ed. by Bachman, R., & Schutt, R. K.?Copyright 2018 by Sage College. ?Reprinted by permission of Sage College via the Copyright Clearance Center. Bachman, R. D., & Schutt, R. K. (2018).?Fundamentals of research in criminology and criminal justice (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.?? Chapter 11, “Mixing and Comparing Methods” 273–291 Fundamentals of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice, 4th.Ed. by Bachman, R., & Schutt, R. K.?Copyright 2018 by Sage College. ?Reprinted by permission of Sage College via the Copyright Clearance Center. Lee, M., & Belohlav, K. (2014). Communicating research to policymakers: Researchers’ experiences. Retrieved from http://www.prb.org/pdf14/poppov-communicating-research-brief.pdf Martin, W. E., & Bridgmon, K. D. (2012). Quantitative and statistical research methods: From hypothesis to results. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. Retrieved from https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/waldenu/detail.action?docID=843632 Chapter 4, “Research and Statistical Designs,” pp. 53–76 Retrieved from the Walden University Library. Miller, J. M., & Miller, H. V. (2015). Rethinking program fidelity for criminal justice. Criminology & Public Policy, 14(2), 339–349. Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases. Taylor, S. J., Bogdan, R., & DeVault, M. (2015). Introduction to qualitative research methods: A guidebook and resource. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. Retrieved from https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/waldenu/detail.action?docID=4038514 Chapter 2, “Research Design and Pre-Fieldwork,” pp. 29–53 Retrieved from the Walden University Library. Document: Venn Diagram Template (Powerpoint Presentation) Document: Research_Proposal_Template (Word Document)