What are the challenges of teaching quantitative criminology using R to criminology students?

Confidence, AI and data

Confidence

“Coding is for people good at maths”

Confidence

DOs

  • Share my own stories
  • Low-level and diverse explanations
  • Ensure my enthusiasm comes through

DON’Ts

  • High-level explanations
  • “This bit’s easy…”
  • Too conceptual

AI assistance

“What’s the point?”

AI assistance

DOs

  • Acceptance
  • Keep up to date
  • Encourage curiosity over time efficiency

DON’Ts

  • Becoming an ‘AI checker’

But… data limits

  • What questions can we actually answer with data?
  • Navigating the code and data limitations
  • The question-data-method process is an opportunity and a challenge

Thanks for listening!