Sarah Brown, Emma Sleath

Research Methods for Forensic Psychologists (eBook, ePUB)

A guide to completing your research project

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Research Methods for Forensic Psychologists is an accessible and comprehensive textbook that introduces students to the research process in forensic psychology. Adopting a problem-based learning approach, this book offers a 'how-to' guide to the whole research process and empowers readers to develop their own programme of research, from initial vague ideas, to developing a research question, to carrying out a methodologically rigorous research project, to disseminating the findings.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 302
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317909019
• Artikelnr.: 43157526

Autorenporträt

Sarah Brown is a professor, chartered psychologist, Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, a forensic psychologist, and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She has developed and led forensic psychology master's courses and taught both quantitative and qualitative research methods. Professor Brown has over fifteen years of experience in supervising numerous undergraduates and teaching postgraduate and doctoral research projects in forensic psychology using a range of research methods and types of data analyses. She has published peer-reviewed literature reviews and empirical papers from many of these projects with master's and doctoral students, and many of these studies have been presented at national and international conferences.

Emma Sleath is a senior lecturer in psychology, registered HCPC forensic psychologist and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Dr. Sleath has taught postgraduate forensic psychology courses for over ten years, and she has a range of experience in both quantitative and qualitative research methods. Her research interests focus on police practice in relation to victims of crime, and she has published numerous peer-reviewed journal articles in this area.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction Section 1: Designing and planning 2. Searching the
literature 3. Methods 4. Types of data 5. From research question to
research design 6. Practical and feasibility issues in research 7. Ethics
in forensic psychology research 8. Research proposal Section 2: Conducting
research 9. Gaining ethical approval 10. Setting up and implementing your
study 11. Collecting data 12. Data analysis Section 3: Dissemination of
your research findings 13. Purpose of dissemination 14. Literature review
papers 15. Empirical papers 16. Conference presentations.