Research question: Police officers are not punished sufficiently. How does Punishment affect police brutality in the United States

Direction :

Methodology Research Question(s)/hypotheses Sampling Procedures Conceptualization/Operationalization Proposed Data Collection Methods

must propose at least one exploratory, descriptive, explanatory; qualitative/quantitative) and the procedures that will be used to answer the Research Question. To this end, this section should specify the proposed scope of the analysis (federal, state, local, international, etc.), unit(s) of analysis, sampling procedures, conceptualize and operationalize terms/variables, and data collection methods

References:

Crenshaw, K. (1991). Mapping the margins: Intersectionality, identity politics, and violence against women of color. Stanford Law Review, 43(6), 1241-1299.

Fyfe, J. J., & Kappeler, V. E. (2006). The American police: A critical introduction. New York: Oxford University Press.

Jackson, A. L., & Jacobs, J. B. (2004). Punishment and police brutality: An analysis of the social construction of police brutality. The Sociological Quarterly, 45(1), 73-92.