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Final Project, you develop a 12- to 15-page research design paper for a criminal justice issue of your choice. (my choice is serious killer/murderer) Your paper should include the following elements:

• A description of the criminal justice issue you selected.
• The research question you are examining and hypothesis(-es) you plan to test.
• An explanation of whether you would use qualitative, quantitative, or mixed research methods.
• A description of your data collection method-e xperiment, survey, use of available data, field research, or some combination of approaches-and why you would choose to use that method relative to others. Include strengths and weaknesses of the method you selected.
• An explanation of the measurement and sampling methods you would use.
• Conceptual definitions of the key variables you need to measure.
• An explanation of how you would measure each variable.
• A list of survey questions that you would need to ask (if you plan to conduct a survey).
• A description of the target population you plan to sample (including size of the population and other demographic and socioeconomic conditions, if known) or whether you plan to use existing data.
• 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.