Your initial post is worth up to 10 points, and your subsequent reply posts (participation) in the discussion are worth up to 15 points. Participation is defined as: creating a minimum of two (2) substantive replies to fellow students in addition to any of the professor’s postings and actively contributing to the discussion. A substantive reply post should have academic support or include personal insight on the subject, drawing from your reading, research, data and personal experiences. A response such as I agree or good job will not meet the assignment criteria. A substantive response should be a minimum of 8-10 well-structured sentences and posted as a reply to the original assignment posting.
Research indicates that there is a relationship between inmate visits from friends and family and the likelihood of recidivism upon release.
In your initial post:
Select one of the following non-experimental research designs and describe how you would use the design to study the relationship between visits and recidivism.
-Cross-Sectional Design
-Trend Study
-Panel Study
-Cohort Study
One source must be from The Practice of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice 6th edition by Bachman and Schutt.