Louise Westmarland

Researching Crime and Justice (eBook, ePUB)

Tales from the Field

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a practical introduction to crime and justice research, as well as presenting key research philosophies and discussing the potential problems and pitfalls of a wide range of research methods. As such, it is essential reading for criminology students and other researchers of crime and justice.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136776304
• Artikelnr.: 38452173

Autorenporträt

Louise Westmarland is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the Open University. She has written widely on police and policing, specifically on various aspects of police culture such as in her book Gender and Policing: Sex, Power and Police Culture (Willan 2001) - and on violence and police culture, ethics and integrity. Most recently she has co-authored Creating Citizen-Consumers: Changing Publics and Changing Public Services (Sage 2007).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Problematising Criminological Research 2. Qualitative
versus Quantitative Methods 3. Quantitative Methods 4. Qualitative Methods
5. Soft and Semi-structured Research 6. Ethics, Emotions, Politics and
Danger 7. Analysing Evidence of Crime and Justice