Fundamentals of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice
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Fundamentals of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice

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eBook - ePub

Fundamentals of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice

About this book

The authors are proud sponsors of the 2020 SAGE Keith Roberts Teaching Innovations Award—enabling graduate students and early career faculty to attend the annual ASA pre-conference teaching and learning workshop.

Fundamentals of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice introduces students to the multifaceted subject of research methods and shows them why research is important in the field. This brief version of Ronet D. Bachman and Russell K. Schutt's best-selling The Practice of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice simplifies complex concepts with real-world research examples found in everyday experiences in the criminology and criminal justice professions. The thoroughly revised Fifth Edition retains its celebrated strengths while breaking new ground with coverage of recently popular research methods and contemporary research findings.
 

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Information

Publisher
SAGE Publications, Inc
Year
2019
Print ISBN
9781544374055
eBook ISBN
9781544374031
Edition
5
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Criminology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Brief Contents
  7. Detailed Contents
  8. Preface
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. About the Authors
  11. 1 Science, Society, and Research Related to Criminal Justice and Criminology
  12. 2 The Process and Problems of Research Related to Crime and Criminology
  13. 3 Ethical Guidelines for Research
  14. 4 Conceptualization and Measurement
  15. 5 Sampling
  16. 6 Causation and Experimentation
  17. 7 Survey Research
  18. 8 Qualitative Methods and Data Analysis
  19. 9 Analyzing Content and Police Data Social-Network Analysis, Crime Mapping, Big Data, and Content Analysis
  20. 10 Evaluation and Policy Analysis
  21. 11 Mixing and Comparing Methods
  22. 12 Summarizing and Reporting Research
  23. Glossary
  24. References
  25. Index