Impacts of European Convention on Human Rights on Prisoners' Right to Vote

Research proposal on
criminology

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Background of topic:....................................................................................................................3
Aim:.............................................................................................................................................4
Objectives:...................................................................................................................................4
Research Questions:.....................................................................................................................4
LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................4
THEME 1: Understanding the concept of European Convention on Human Rights..................4
THEME 2: Reasons for not allowing the prisoners to vote.........................................................5
THEME 3: The impacts of the European Convention on Human Rights on the prisoners right
to vote...........................................................................................................................................5
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY.....................................................................................................5
Research Design: ........................................................................................................................5
Research Method:........................................................................................................................6
Data Collection:...........................................................................................................................6
Sampling:.....................................................................................................................................6
Data Analysis:..............................................................................................................................7
Practical constraints in the research study:..................................................................................7
Ethical and safety considerations:................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Background of topic:
The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) has been made for protecting the
human rights of the people in the countries which belongs to the Europe Council. The main aim
of the convention is to determine the general interest, issues of the public policy and by this
raising of the standards for the protection of the human rights (Godfrey, 2019). Prisoners always
enjoys all the fundamental rights as well as the freedom which has been secured by the
convention, except for the right to the liberty where the lawful falls expressly within the scope of
the convention.