Criminological Skills and Research for Beginners, Third Edition, is a comprehensive and engaging guide to research methods in Criminology, and the skills required for academic success.
Criminological Skills and Research for Beginners, Third Edition, is a comprehensive and engaging guide to research methods in Criminology, and the skills required for academic success.
Laura Caulfield is Professor and Chair of the Institute for Community Research and Development at the University of Wolverhampton, UK. Jane Hill was the Programme Director for the Criminology BA at Birmingham City University, UK, before her retirement in 2012.
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List of figures List of tables List of boxes Visual tour (How to use this book) Part I, Study skills for criminology students 1. Writing skills and essay writing 2. Referencing 3. Revision skills and examination techniques 4. Presentation skills Part II, The importance of criminological research 5. The context of criminological research: power, knowledge, politics and values 6. The significance of criminological research: understanding the philosophical roots of our claims to know about crime in society 7. The ethics of criminological research Part III, Getting going with criminological research 8. Planning: where do research ideas come from? How do we 'fine tune' them? 9. Critiquing the literature and the process of writing your formal review 10. Theories, methods and their relationships to theories of knowledge 11. Preparing for the practical challenges of 'real-world' crime research Part IV, Doing criminological research: data collection 12. Qualitative approaches to research 13. Questionnaires and surveys 14. Using documentary and secondary data sources 15. Using online and social media data sources in criminological research Part V, Doing criminological research: analysis and writing-up 16. Analysing the data: quantitative analysis 17. Analysing the data: qualitative analysis 18. Analysing the data: documents, texts and other data 19. Writing-up criminological research Glossary Index
List of figures List of tables List of boxes Visual tour (How to use this book) Part I, Study skills for criminology students 1. Writing skills and essay writing 2. Referencing 3. Revision skills and examination techniques 4. Presentation skills Part II, The importance of criminological research 5. The context of criminological research: power, knowledge, politics and values 6. The significance of criminological research: understanding the philosophical roots of our claims to know about crime in society 7. The ethics of criminological research Part III, Getting going with criminological research 8. Planning: where do research ideas come from? How do we 'fine tune' them? 9. Critiquing the literature and the process of writing your formal review 10. Theories, methods and their relationships to theories of knowledge 11. Preparing for the practical challenges of 'real-world' crime research Part IV, Doing criminological research: data collection 12. Qualitative approaches to research 13. Questionnaires and surveys 14. Using documentary and secondary data sources 15. Using online and social media data sources in criminological research Part V, Doing criminological research: analysis and writing-up 16. Analysing the data: quantitative analysis 17. Analysing the data: qualitative analysis 18. Analysing the data: documents, texts and other data 19. Writing-up criminological research Glossary Index
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