criminal justice

the information we get through experience, intuition and common sense - - observation (not scientific data)

• Empirical knowledge

• Qualitative Data

• Logical Soundness

• Quantitative Valid Theory

knowing things through experience as well as the theories we study that were never proven, but supported by observational evidence

• Empirical knowledge

• Qualitative Data

• Logical Soundness

• Quantitative Valid Theory

Empirical knowledge - logical soundness, sensitizing, popularity

• Qualitative Data

• Quantitative Valid Theory

does not propose illogical relationships and is internally consistent

• Empirical knowledge

• Qualitative Data

• Logical Soundness

• Quantitative Valid Theory

give you good theory - in time order of some sort - it makes sense for the fact that one effect caused another 

• Empirical knowledge

• Qualitative Data

• Logical Soundness

• Quantitative Valid Theory

numbers, data, statistics, tests - proven through measured techniques 

• Qualitative Data

• Quantitative Valid Theory

focuses people's attention on a new, or even forgotten, direction of inquiry, or perhaps suggesting a new way of thinking or interpreting a fact about something they are already aware of

• Sensitizing

• popularity

• Conflicting Positions

• metatheory

give you good theory - taking older thoughts/references/theories and applying it to a more modern situation - the ability to take an older type of thought and apply it to a new problem

• Sensitizing

• popularity

• Conflicting Positions

• metatheory

if a theory becomes popular with criminologists then it is said to be a good theor

• Sensitizing

• popularity

• Conflicting Positions

• metatheory

enjoys the support of the relevant academic community in a qualitative way 

• Sensitizing

• popularity

• Conflicting Positions

• metatheory