Study criminological research methods through mock juries, standardised procedures, qualitative data, interviews, validity, reliability and the practical limits of crime research.
Anika wants to carry out an investigation to see whether characteristics of the defendant would influence jury decision-making. She placed posters in her local library asking for volunteers who had previously been a member of a jury. She asked them to contact her if they were willing to take part in her investigation using a mock trial.
Explain one reason why Anika recruited her sample from those who had been a member of a jury.
AO2 (1 mark), AO3 (1 mark)
Credit one mark for identification of a reason in relation to the scenario
(AO2).
Credit one mark for justification/exemplification of the reason (AO3).
For example:
- Anika needs to restrict the range of her sample as she only wants
to investigate individuals who had been a member of a jury and
been involved in the decision-making process (1) so she can only
use people who had been a member of a jury and not general
members of the public who have not been on a jury as they would
not be representative of her target population (1).
Look for other reasonable marking points.
Generic answers score 0 marks.
(2)