Juvenile Incarceration
Running head: FINAL PROJECT: JUVENILE INCARCERATION
Final Project: Juvenile Incarceration
Roshon Green, Jessica Mays, Karen McCord
University of Phoenix
Final Project: Juvenile Incarceration
Statement of Problem
The purpose of the juvenile incarceration project is to gain insights into whether or not parental incarceration is related to juvenile incarceration. The research problem is the loss is the cost of incarceration to the state or society. Incarceration is expensive with costs to society for the crimes committed and the resulting confinement of the convicted offenders. This research hopes to diminish this problem by determining a correlation between juvenile offenders and whether or not their parents were previously or currently incarcerated.
Research Question
The research question asks if there is a difference in incarcerated juvenile rates as measured by whether their parents were ever incarcerated or never incarcerated.
Purpose of the Study
The purpose of this study is to increase knowledge, gaining insight in regards to juvenile incarceration factors.
Background
Secondary research
Variable definitions
Nominal data: parents are either incarcerated or not incarcerated
Level of Measurement
A research sample consisting of 41 incarcerated juveniles was selected for this study. (Sample size n=41). Total population of the juvenile facility (name) Null and Alternative Hypothesis
The null hypothesis is that parental incarceration does not affect juvenile incarceration. The alternative hypothesis is that parental incarceration does affect juvenile incarceration.
Ho = parental incarceration does not affect juvenile incarceration
H1 = parental incarceration does affect juvenile incarceration.
Error Type 1 – Reject Ho when Ho is true
Error Type 2 – Fail to reject Ho when Ho is false
Alpha Level of Significance
Alpha level of significance = .05. Explanation
Research Design
A quasi-experimental, random research design was
Final Project: Juvenile Incarceration
Roshon Green, Jessica Mays, Karen McCord
University of Phoenix
Final Project: Juvenile Incarceration
Statement of Problem
The purpose of the juvenile incarceration project is to gain insights into whether or not parental incarceration is related to juvenile incarceration. The research problem is the loss is the cost of incarceration to the state or society. Incarceration is expensive with costs to society for the crimes committed and the resulting confinement of the convicted offenders. This research hopes to diminish this problem by determining a correlation between juvenile offenders and whether or not their parents were previously or currently incarcerated.
Research Question
The research question asks if there is a difference in incarcerated juvenile rates as measured by whether their parents were ever incarcerated or never incarcerated.
Purpose of the Study
The purpose of this study is to increase knowledge, gaining insight in regards to juvenile incarceration factors.
Background
Secondary research
Variable definitions
Nominal data: parents are either incarcerated or not incarcerated
Level of Measurement
A research sample consisting of 41 incarcerated juveniles was selected for this study. (Sample size n=41). Total population of the juvenile facility (name) Null and Alternative Hypothesis
The null hypothesis is that parental incarceration does not affect juvenile incarceration. The alternative hypothesis is that parental incarceration does affect juvenile incarceration.
Ho = parental incarceration does not affect juvenile incarceration
H1 = parental incarceration does affect juvenile incarceration.
Error Type 1 – Reject Ho when Ho is true
Error Type 2 – Fail to reject Ho when Ho is false
Alpha Level of Significance
Alpha level of significance = .05. Explanation
Research Design
A quasi-experimental, random research design was
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