Fundamentals of research in criminology and criminal justice. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ronet D. Bachman, Russell K. Schutt.
• Authors: Bachman, Ronet; Schutt, Russell K
• Contents: Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; 1. Science, Society, and Criminological Research; What Do We Have in Mind?; Reasoning About the Social World; How the Scientific Approach Is Different; Social Research Philosophies; Quantitative and Qualitative Methods; Specific Types of Research Methods; Strengths and Limitations of Social Research; Conclusion; Key Terms; Highlights; Exercises; 2. The Process and Problems of Criminological Research; What Do We Have in Mind?; Criminological Research Questions; The Role of Theory; Social Research Strategies; A History of Investigating the Effects of Arrest for Intimate Partner Violence: The Research Circle in Action; Guidelines for Criminologists; Social Research Standards; Conclusion; Key Terms; Highlights; Exercises; 3. Research Ethics; What Do We Have in Mind?; Historical Background; Ethical Principles; Research Involving Special Populations: Children and Prisoners; Conclusion; Key Terms; Highlights; Exercises; 4. Conceptualization and Measurement; What Do We Have in Mind?; Concepts; Concepts and Variables; How Will We Know When We’ve Found It?; How Much Information Do We Really Have?; Did We Measure What We Wanted to Measure?; Conclusion; Key Terms; Highlights; Exercises; 5. Sampling; What Do We Have in Mind?; Sample Planning; Sampling Methods; Units of Analysis and Errors in Causal Reasoning; Conclusion; Key Terms; Highlights; Exercises; 6. Causation and Experimentation; What Do We Mean by Causation?; Causal Explanation; Criteria for Nomothetic Causal Explanations; Why Experiment?; What If a True Experiment Isn’t Possible?; What Are the Threats to Internal Validity and Generalizability in Experiments?; The Element of Time in Research; Causality in Nonexperimental Designs; How Do Experimenters Protect Their Subjects?; Conclusion; Key Terms; Highlights; Exercises; 7. Survey Research; Survey Research in Action: Measuring Victimization; What Is a Survey?; Questionnaire Development and Assessment; Writing Survey Questions: More Difficult Than You Think!; Organization Matters; Survey Designs; Ethical Issues in Survey Research; Conclusion; Key Terms; Highlights; Exercises; 8. Qualitative Methods and Data Analysis; What Do We Mean by Qualitative Methods?; Fundamentals of Qualitative Methods; Participant Observation; Systematic Observation; Intensive Interviewing; Focus Groups; Analyzing Qualitative Data; Techniques of Qualitative Data Analysis; Alternatives in Qualitative Data Analysis; Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis; Ethical Issues in Qualitative Research; Who Owns the Qualitative Data?; Conclusion; Key Terms; Highlights; Exercises; 9. Analyzing Content: Secondary Data Analysis, Comparative Methods, Content Analysis, Crime Mapping, and Big Data; What Are Secondary Data?; Comparative Methods; Content Analysis; Crime Mapping; Big Data; Methodological Issues When Using Secondary Data; Ethical Issues When Analyzing Available Data and Content; Conclusion; Key Terms; Highlights; Exercises; 10. Evaluation and Policy Analysis; A Brief History of Evaluation Research; Evaluation Basics; Evaluation Alternatives; Design Decisions; Evaluation in Action; Strengths of Randomized Experimental Designs in Impact Evaluations; When Experiments Are Not Feasible; Qualitative and Quantitative Methods; Ethics in Evaluation; Conclusion; Key Terms; Highlights; Exercises; 11. Mixing and Comparing Methods; What We Have in Mind; What Are Mixed Methods?; Strengths and Limitations of Mixed Methods; Comparing Results Across Studies; Ethics and Mixed Methods; Conclusion; Key Terms; Highlights; Exercises; 12. Reporting Research Results; Research Report Goals; Types of Research Reports; Curbing the Frustrations of Writing; Displaying Data; Some Final Thoughts on Reporting Quantitative and Qualitative Research; Ethics, Politics, and Reporting Research; Communicating With the Public; Plagiarism; Conclusion; Key Terms; Highlights; Exercises; Appendix A. Conducting Literature Reviews and Finding Information; Appendix B. How to Read a Research Article; Appendix C. How to Use a Statistical Package: SPSS; Appendix D. How to Use a Qualitative Analysis Package; Appendix E. How to Use a Data Spreadsheet: Excel; Appendix F. Conducting Descriptive Quantitative Data Analysis; Appendix G. Data Sets; Glossary; References; Index;
• Edition: Fourth edition
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white, and colour), map (colour)
• Subjects: 364.072; Criminology -- Research; Criminal justice, Administration of -- Research
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781506359564
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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