Criminal justice program

You attend the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences annual conference ( a real event.) You sit at a rather large table (15 attendees) and the host asks you
to tell everyone your name, your current occupation (and any prior careers) related to criminal justice. As it turns out (quite by coincidence!), you are all
doctoral students in a criminal justice program and ended up sitting at the same table! Upon discovery of this fact, the host asks you to tell everyone your
specific research interests. You discover that some of your fellow attendees are very much involved in research but some have little or no background in legal
research. You tell the group that you are interested in a specific ISSUE or a general topic that you would like to learn more about through legal research. The
host then asks you what jurisdiction (where you live or work-- be it federal, state, or local-- or military / Note: I work as a law enforcement officer in Miami,
Florida) because it is important to know the parameters of legal research.