Discuss the importance and purpose of theory and research in the criminal justice field and explain two ways theory and research are related. Discuss the difference between deductive research and inductive research.

Discuss the importance and purpose of theory and research in the criminal justice field and explain two ways theory and research are related. Discuss the difference between deductive research and inductive research.

Please reply to the discussion question and reference the course text material and video if provided. Use scholarly sources (other than the assigned course text). The response should demonstrate the application of theory, law, policy, practice, and/or scholarly literature. Please check for the correct use of APA formatting, in-text citations and grammatical errors. Lastly, a question must be posed in your discussion answer

COURSE MATERIALS:
Title: Research in Criminal Justice and Criminology (8th ed.) Author: Maxfield, M.G. & Babbie, E. R.
Publisher: Cengage
Year Published: 2018
ISBN: 9781433805615

As a reminder, you are required to include a question to your colleagues in your initial post. If you haven’t done so, please pose your question below your initial post. Additionally, you’re required to cite at least one additional scholarly source besides the textbook in your initial post and each of your reply posts. You should be citing the original theorists as well, NOT the textbook.

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