Chapter 9: An Insider’s Guide to Applied Fields

On the Role of Audience: Checking Your Understanding

On the Role of Audience

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Checking Your Understanding

After watching On the Role of Audience, consider the questions below. Then submit your response.

Question 9.1

According to Michelle Richter, what determines the kind of research that criminal justice scholars engage in?
A. the sub-discipline and topic
B. the type of crime committed
C. whether they are qualitative or quantitative researchers
D. how much time they have
Question 9.2

Which of the below does Michelle Richter not mention as something that criminal justice professionals look at?
A. the history of the court system
B. the functioning of the court system
C. the actors in the court system
D. the offenders in the court system
Question 9.3

What type of audience do criminal justice professionals often have?
A. a broad, general audience
B. an incarcerated audience
C. an older audience
D. a direct, specific audience
Question 9.4

Who, according to Richter, writes heavy, scientific material for the lay reader?
A. all criminal justice scholars
B. forensic scientists
C. offenders
D. lawyers
Question 9.5

Richter concludes that writing in criminal justice has
A. a streamlined methodology.
B. a different citation style from other disciplines.
C. varied formats and varied styles.
D. a lot of paperwork.