Student Research

STUDENT RESEARCH

The capstone course in the Sociology and Crimianl Justice curricula is Senior Seminar, This is a 2-semester sequence during which students select a topic and complete a comprehensive literature review. During the second semester, students conduct data analysis on a data set using SPSS, resulting in a research paper, which combines the literature and the data analysis. Students find this course enormously challenging as it brings together their course work in theory, research methods, statistics, and a substantive topic. Most students also find it is a significant intellectual growth experience.

In the past few years, Senior Seminar projects have included:

Senior Seminar Projects in Sociology & Criminal Justice (2007-08)

Tasha Coolidge

Tania Capaz

Heather Lawton

Kimberly Worobey

Danielle Newell

Caroline Lynch

Senior Seminar Projects in Sociology & Criminal Justice (2006-07)

Lori Slavin (2007). The writing's on the wall:  Causal explanations for the emergence and growth of violent youth gangs in Albany, NY.

Rachael Sequin (2007). Effects of childhood maltreatment on criminality.

Ashley VanNatten (2007). Life behind the bruises: Dating violence - now and then.

Laurie Mose (2007). Obesity: A growing trend.

Emily Perrott (2007). International victims of violence: A focus on women.

Jamie Smith (2007). Non-celebrity stalking victimization: The nature of intimate partner stalking.

Ashley Wetherell (2007). The gender factor and how it relates to body image in teenagers.

Jen Smitkin (2007). Police stress and domestic violence.