What is the relationship between depression and the criminal justice system in African American males between the ages of 25-35?

What is the
relationship between depression and the criminal justice system in African American males between the ages of 25-35? Upon their release from prison are
they less likely to receive treatment?
Why don’t they receive treatment? Is there any evidence-based treatment?

Why
do African American males in this age group don’t seek treatment for
depression?
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State and define
central concept(s) / phenomenon (a) of the study.
What
are the common themes in the literature regarding the problem?
·
Identify the
research design
Quantitive
or Qualitative
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Provide rationale
for the chosen design

Participant Selection: (include recruitment strategies, such as flyer, email,
letter, in appendices)

·
Identify the population (if appropriate). Chapter
11

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Identify and justify the sampling strategy. –
Chapter 11

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State the criterion/a on which participant
selection is based.

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Establish how participants are known to meet the criterion/a.

·
State number of participants / cases and the
rationale for that number.

·
Explain specific procedures for how participants
will be identified, contacted, and recruited.

Instrument: (include instrument in appendices)

· Identify each
data collection instrument and source (survey, observation sheet, interview
protocol, focus group protocol, video-tape, audio-tape, artifacts, archived
data, and other kinds of data collection instruments)

Identify source for each data
collection instrument (published or researcher produced).

Establish sufficiency of
data collection instruments to answer research questions.

Data Collection: Using surveys / interviews from previously incarecrated inimates within this age -group

Follow-up plan if recruitment results in too few
participants.

Describe any
follow-up procedures (such as requirements to return for follow-up
interviews).

Data Analysis Plan:
o
Analyzing
Qualitative Data
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For each type of data collected
identify:

Connection of
data to a specific research question.
Type of
analysis and procedure
Any software
used for analysis.

Issues of Trustworthiness:

·
Describe appropriate strategies to establish
credibility, reliability and validity.

Ethical Procedures: (Include IRB form and consent form in appendices)
· Review the IRB
Manual and complete form A and a consent form for your study
· It is recommended that you follow the
sample consent form template for your study. These versions are approved by
IRB.

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