A description of the criminal justice issue .
The research question you are examining and hypothesis(-es) you plan to test.
An explanation of whether you would use qualitative, quantitative, or mixed research methods.
A description of your data collection method—experiment, survey, use of available data, field research, or some combination of approaches—and why you would choose to use that method relative to others. Include strengths and weaknesses of the method you selected.
An explanation of the measurement and sampling methods you would use.
Conceptual definitions of the key variables you need to measure.
An explanation of how you would measure each variable.
A list of survey questions that you would need to ask (if you plan to conduct a survey).