1. Criminology extended project
Complete a 5000 word report based around an area of interest.

2. What alternatives to imprisonment would be effective?

3. Research topic: Alternatives to prison
Context – what is imprisonment used for in the UK?
Media coverage – how is crime/prison portrayed in the media?
Government policy - Sentencing laws/crimes and so forth.
What does evidence say about people’s attitudes to prison and alternatives to prison?

4. Ethical practice Debriefing Informed consent – no deception
Confidentiality
Avoiding Harm & doing ‘good’ – balancing costs, risks, benefits and opportunities
Ethic of care
Right to withdraw
Provide advice/information
Relationships with peers – professional obligation
Working within ethical guidelines – BPS, APA, BSA etc.
Researcher safety

5. Introduction Why is the general topic interesting / cause for concern?
What are the current general trends?
What does existing literature say about your topic?
(summarise)
What are the concerns of the current study?
What are the aims / hypotheses?
(Very briefly) The variables / How you collected the data to carry out the investigation
An introduction ‘funnels down’ from the general to the specific

6. Method
Design Independent Variable(s) / Dependent Variable(s) (…) Design Participants Sampling method / How many / Age / Gender / Characteristics relevant to the study / Recruitment Materials / Apparatus Questionnaire – brief description (A copy in Appendices) Procedure Chronological order of what you did enabling replication Ethical considerations (Copy of consent forms and debriefing sheets in Appendices)