Quantitative criminological research

6 ECTS credits
150 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 1020646BNW for working students in the 2nd semester at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.

Semester

2nd semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Impossible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Enrollment Requirements

NOTE: registration for this course is only possible for working students. Day students can register for courses whose code ends with an R. At Inschrijven / studentenadministratie@vub.be you must be registered at the VUB as a working student for the current academic year.

Taught in

Dutch

Faculty

Faculty of Law and Criminology

Department

Criminology

Educational team

Kristof Verfaillie (course titular)
Canigia Mestdagh

Activities and contact hours

26 contact hours Lecture
112 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

In this course, students are acquired qualitative and quantitative research design, the difference between both, their possibilities and limitations. The content is seen in lectures and seminars:

The research problem and objective
Development of research question
Operationalization of the research
Quantitative and qualitative research designs
The sample of the selection of the research units
Development of questionnaires and assessment of methodological quality
Data collection techniques such as interviews, observations, focus groups, questionnaires, case studies
Quality criteria including validity and reliability for both quantitative and qualitative research
Ethical aspects of conducting research

Course material

Digital course material (Required) : Nota’s en slides HOC
Handbook (Required) : Basisboek methoden en technieken incl. toegang tot Prepzone , Kwantitatief praktijkgericht onderzoek op wetenschappelijke basis, Baarda, - Bakker - Julsing - Fischer - van Vianen , 7de druk, Noordhoff Uitgevers B.V. , 9789001747572, 2022

Additional info

Learning Outcomes

Algemene competenties

The students can explain the principles of scientific criminological research and evaluation;
The students can list the different steps of the research cycle and explain;
The students can list the main concepts and principles of the methods and techniques of criminological research;
The students can formulate a research problem, aim and question (see Problem Formulation) about a criminological relevant research topic;
The students can link a problem formulation to a self-fledged proposal for a feasible research design (see study design);
The students can construct anoral reflection on the advantages and disadvantages of a research design, according to the stated problem, question and objectives;
The students are able to reflect critical on the established research tools and data collection;
The students establish a scientific, critical and ethical attitude to the day.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Written Exam with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context