Teaching Research Skills using True Crime Investigations

Teaching narrative research/content analysis methodology through analysis of murder investigations. Participants will see examples of court record, police/forensic files and other crime information can be analyzed through content analysis. Groups will be formed, with each group getting part of the forensic file of one unsolved murder, asking the groups to identify how they would code the information. Discussion will follow on how information is identified and classified affects the outcome and conclusions of the research.