Positivism methology

Question 1

What research method would you use for Crime rates

Answer 1

Official Statistics- Official crime rates

Structures Interview or Questionaire- can get more detailed information of high crime rates

Question 2

What research method would you use for Domestic Violence

Answer 2

Questionaire’s

Non-Offical Statistics- Feminist charities

Question 3

What research method would you use for Family types

Answer 3

Questionaire’s- Allows you to reach a huge percentage of the population

Question 4

What research method would you use for Juvenile delinquency

Answer 4

Non-official statistics- Young delinquent groups

Official Statistics- Offical crime statistics

Content analysis- How youths are represented in newspapers

Structured Interview or Questionaire- asking people in juvenile delinquency as evidence

Question 5

What research method would you use for Suicide?

Answer 5

Non-official statistics- Mental health charities

Offical Statistics- Official suicide rates