CRIM3714
Tutorial Activity 5
Data Analysis
An exploratory research on sexual assault, its
dynamics, factors and prevention.
Research Objectives and Aims
Overarching aim
To explore the experience of sexual assault in victims.
Objectives
To look into the dynamics of sexual assault in victims (males and females) and
community
To understand the reason/causes sexual assault offenders feel the need to violate
other persons sexually.
To explore the after effects of sexual assault on victims.
To explore either or how to prevent or decrease sexual assault.
To critically asses the stance of the criminal justice system int sexual assault
cases.
Research questions
Questions
How are sexual assault victims defend themselves?
Would death sentence help in preventing or decrease sexual assault?
Does the society play a role in offenders becoming offenders?
How to comfort victims of sexual assault?
Research Design
Interpretivism Paradigm and Qualitative Research.
We can only understand one’s reality through their expereince with that reality. With
that, using qualitative research because a deeper understanding calls for more detailed
index data.
Sexual offence, Criminal Justice System, types of sexual offences, criminal and
offender and prevention of sexual offences.
The following are related to the topic and will provide a significant in-deph
understanding in the study.
Exploratory Research.
To formulate an even greater understanding of previoulsy unresearched topic and
have a satisfaction uncovering facts and bring new issues to light.
Emperical studies.
Using emperical studies in qualitative research a conversational approach is used, to
offer deeper understanding about the issue. Interviews, focus groups and other
common methods are only a few examples.
Individuals, Organisations, Institutions and Interventions.
With such a topic, one’s experience is important and inlvolving the above could help
understand the problem in depth and how it can be reduced or solved.
Non-probability Sampling (Informants Sampling)
The population cannot be clearly identified or accesed hence using the informant
sampling to be provided with more information and a deeper insight as to what is
going on.
Longitudinal (cohort studies)
Subjects are to be followed overtime with continuous and repeated monitoring in
order to check the availability of risk factors and/or health outcomes.
Data Collection
Semi-structured interviews will be used to collect data. To gather qualitative, open-
ended data, in order to investigate participants’ views, feelings and beliefs about a
specific subject and delve deeply into delicate issues.
Data Analysis
The study will be analysed by grounded theory as it will help collect the data, analyse
the findings to identify the problem’s underlying causes and offer solutions.
