Quantitative methods in criminology. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Shawn Bushway and David Weisburd.
• Other Names: Bushway, Shawn; Weisburd, David
• Contents: 1. The specific deterrent effects of arrest for domestic assault / Lawrence W. Sherman and Richard A. Berk -- 2. A randomized experiment testing inmate classification systems / Richard A. Berk, Heather Ladd, Heidi Graziano and Jong-Ho Baek -- 3. Does research design affect study outcomes in criminal justice? / David Weisburd, Cynthia M. Lum and Anthony Petrosino -- 4. The efficacy of psychological, educational, and behavioral treatment : confirmation from meta-analysis / Mark W. Lipsey and David B. Wilson -- 5. Missing data problems in criminological research : two case studies / Robert Brame and Raymond Paternoster -- 6. Design sensitivity in criminal justice experiments / David Weisburd, Anthony Petrosino and Gail Mason -- 7. Formal processing and future delinquency : deviance amplification as selection artifact / Douglas A. Smith and Raymond Paternoster -- 8. A note on the uses of official statistics / John I. Kitsuse and Aaron V. Cicourel -- 9. On exploring the "dark figure" of crime / Albert D. Biderman and Albert J. Reiss, Jr. -- 10. Rap sheets in criminological research : considerations and caveats / Michael R. Geerken -- 11. An experimental comparison of two self-report methods for measuring lambda / Julie Horney and Ineke Haen Marshall -- 12. The age-crime debate : assessing the limits of longitudinal self-report data / Janet L. Lauritsen -- 13. Self-reported delinquency and a combined delinquency seriousness scale based on boys, mothers, and teachers : concurrent and predictive validity for African-Americans and Caucasians / David P. Farrington, Rolf Loeber, Magda Stouthamer-Loeber, Welmoet B. van Kammen and Laura Schmidt -- 14. Visualizing homicide : a research note / Michael D. Maltz -- 15. The (un)known universe : mapping gangs and gang violence in Boston / David M. Kennedy, Anthony A. Braga and Anne M. Piehl -- 16. A prospective test of a criminal career model / Arnold Barnett, Alfred Blumstein and David P. Farrington -- 17. Micro-models of criminal careers : a synthesis of the criminal careers and life course approaches via semiparametric mixed Poisson regression models, with empirical applications / Kenneth C. Land and Daniel S. Nagin -- 18. Desistance as a developmental process : a comparison of static and dynamic approaches / Shawn D. Bushway, Terence P. Thornberry and Marvin D. Krohn -- 19. Trajectories of crime at places : a longitudinal study of street segments in the city of Seattle / David Weisburd, Shawn Bushway, Cynthia Lum and Sue-Ming Yang -- 20. Measuring positive externalities from unobservable victim precaution : an empirical analysis of Lojack / Ian Ayres and Steven D. Levitt -- 21. A comparative study of the preventive effects of mandatory sentencing laws for gun crimes / David McDowall, Colin Loftin and Brian Wiersema -- 22. Time series analysis of crime rates / David F. Greenberg -- 23. Poisson-based regression analysis of aggregate crime rates / D. Wayne Osgood.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (638 pages)
• Subjects: 364.072/7; Criminal statistics; Criminology -- Mathematical models; Criminology -- Research -- Methodology; Criminal statistics; Criminology -- Mathematical models; Criminology -- Research -- Methodology; Criminologie; Kwantitatieve methoden; Estadística criminal; Criminología -- Modelos matemáticos; Criminología -- Investigación -- Metodología
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351552547; 1351552546
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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