16.7 3rd and 4th years Dr A Lovegrove. 3rd year: Any two second year level Criminology subjects; 4th year: Admission to Criminology Honours. First semester A 1-hour lecture and a 2-hour seminar. Upon completing this subject students should:

• understand the structure and elements of an empirical research project;
• understand the structure and elements of a report of an empirical research project;
• understand basic concepts and techniques commonly used in empirical criminological research;
• be able to understand and critically evaluate empirical research in criminology, in the light of the preceding knowledge;
• be able to write a detailed research proposal for an empirical study in criminology, in the light of the preceding knowledge.

Analysis of empirical techniques and evaluation practices in criminology. Up to 5,000 words of written work at 3rd year level and 6,000 words at 4th year level. An examination may be substituted for part of the written work.