Your task is to design a correctional psychology research study that you would do if you had the resources and
time to do so.
5 parts:
- Identify 3 challenges for conducting research in correctional settings (cite where you found them)
- Identify the research question you would like to answer.
- Design a study to answer that research question. What is the outcome of interest? What method will you
use? What variables do you need to measure to answer your research question? - Address how you would deal with the 3 challenges you identified in your study design.
- Explain how this is a “correctional psychological” study – tie your explanation to the definition we covered in
module 1.