Lee Ellis, Richard D. Hartley, Anthony Walsh

Research Methods in Criminal Justice and Criminology

An Interdisciplinary Approach

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Produktbeschreibung

Research Methods in Criminal Justice and Criminology is a core text for criminology and criminal justice research methods courses. It strives to offer a general foundation of knowledge that transcends particular topics or subject areas, allowing students to apply research methods and concepts to a multitude of scenarios. Even though the textbook has been written primarily for criminal justice and criminology majors, there is an underlying recognition that research methods and findings are common among all of the social sciences. This text has been designed to be user-friendly, even when dealing with some fairly complex statistical and theoretical concepts. The most critical points are clearly stated and illustrated with examples chosen to be interesting in their own right.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 522
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 839g
• ISBN-13: 9780742564411
• ISBN-10: 074256441X
• Artikelnr.: 28031205

Autorenporträt

By Lee Ellis; Richard D. Hartley and Anthony Walsh

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 PART I: GETTING STARTED Chapter 2 Chapter 1
The Scientific Method and Criminal Justice as a Social Sciences Chapter 3 Chapter 2
Formulating Scientific Questions and Locating Background Research Chapter 4 PART II: THE IMPORTANCE OF STATISTICS Chapter 5 Chapter 3
Univariate Statistics and the Concept of Statistical Significance Chapter 6 Chapter 4
Bi/Multivariate Statistics: The Concept of Correlation Chapter 7 PART III: DOCUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT Chapter 9 Chapter 5
Research Report Structure and Styles for Citing and Referencing Chapter 10 Chapter 6
The Concepts of Reliability, Validity, and Precision in Measurement Chapter 11 PART IV: TYPES OF SOCIAL SCIENCE DATA Chapter 12 Chapter 7
Data Based on Self
Reports: Guidelines for Constructing Questionnaires Chapter 13 Chapter 8
Direct Observations: Qualitative and Quantitative Data Chapter 14 Chapter 9
Archival Data Analysis and Meta
Analysis Chapter 15 Chapter 10
Measuring Crime and Criminality Chapter 16 PART V: SELECTING THOSE TO BE STUDIED Chapter 17 Chapter 11
Surveying and Sampling Chapter 18 Chapter 12
The Human Side of Sampling and the Reliability of Self
Reports Chapter 19 PART VI: PROBING FOR CAUSAL EXPLANATIONS Chapter 20 Chapter 13
Theories, Models, Hypotheses, and Empirical Reality Chapter 21 Chapter 14
Controlled Experimentation Chapter 23 Chapter 15
Quasi
Experimentation Chapter 24 PART VII: AVOIDING HARM AND DOING GOOD 25 Chapter 16
Ethical Issues in the Social Sciences 25 Chapter 17
Evaluation and Other Applied Research Chapter 26 Chapter 18
Epilogue