RJA #7

RJA #7a:

Mainly when researching I use Google I like using the website because it is easy and usually can retrieve concise results. In many cases Google has also turned me on to a number of articles that have changed or greatly enhanced my topic at hand. In accordance with this articular project I also used the site Debatepedia I liked this site because it clearly presented two sides to a topic and within those arguments had a number of links to go to supporting articles. I liked this in particular because, like Google, Depatepedia got me thinking about different avenues I could take with my research. But, unlike Google, Depatepedia is much easier to sift through important information with.

RJA #7b: Internet Research Tool Test–

Assigned internet search tool: inSuggest

• Keywords used: +violence +psychology +theory
  
• Search strategies used (including operators and types of searches): Engine math
  
• Date of search: 10/4/09
  
• Number of hits: 9,000
  
• Relevance of hits (on a scale of 1 to 5): 4

• Keywords used: location +violent +acts
• Search strategies used: Engine math
• Date of search: 10/4/09
• Number of hits: 19,000
• Relevance of hits: 2

• Keywords used: violence AND aggression AND psychology
• Search strategies used: Boolean
• Date of search: 10/4/09
• Number of hits: 27
• Relevance of hits: 4
  

RJA #7c: Field Research Plan–

For my field study I will ask my professor, Dr. Morris, questions regarding various aspects of the main theories of violence. I want to know the root of the various types of violence (nature vs nurture) and where the current debate stands on nature and nurture pertaining to violent offenders and violence in general. I will also include information from a lecture I recently sat in that was conducted by Denver probation officers who monitor sexual offenders, as well as a separate lecture from a best-selling author regarding internet violence. I plan on dissecting their lectures and focusing on what they have established as the cause for escalation to violent crimes, and put their information into appropriate categories of violence. I also want to incorporate neuroscience and examine what happens to certain individuals' brains as a violent act is occurring (both perpetrator and victim).