The research paper is about the economy in prisons and there is no further research or bibliography needed other than the attached article.
Please use the following headings and points to guide your appriasal of the article.
Remember if you think the methods, results and analysis are appropriate you can say this but you must give reasons why. Also remember the points below are a guide to help you.
Theoretical background
•Does the author describe the theoretical approach adopted?•Are the methods and sample achieved adequate enough to help develop or test the theoretical approach?
Research questions
•Are the research questions clearly stated?
•Are the research questions answerable using the methods selected?
•Are there research questions that are missing in your view?
Methods
•Are the methods adequately described?
•Are the methods suitable to answer the research questions?•What alternative methods could have been used and why would they have been better?
•Is the timing of the interviews appropriate?
•Is the location of the field work appropriate?
Sample
•Are the recruitment methods described?
•Are the recruitment methods acceptable?•Is the sample achieved adequate?
•Have the limitations of the sample achieved been described?•Have the right people participated in the study?
Findings
•Does the author provide a sufficient description as to how the data has been analysed?
•Are the findings clearly described?
•Are the data presented in an appropriateway?
•Do the data presented answer the research questions?
•Is the interpretation of the data clear, appropriate and accurate?
Conclusions
•Are the conclusions made backed-up by the data presented?•Could further conclusions be drawn that aren’t mentioned?
Overall critical views
