The practice of research in criminology and criminal justice. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ronet D. Bachman, Russell K. Schutt.
• Authors: Bachman, Ronet; Schutt, Russell K
• Contents: SECTION I: FOUNDATIONS FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH; Chapter 1: Science, Society, and Research Related to Crime, Criminology, and Social Control; Reasoning About the Social World; The Social Science Approach; Criminal Justice and Criminological Research in Practice; Alternative Research Orientations; More on the Role of Values in Research; Quantitative and Qualitative Methods; Highlighting a Few Specific Types of Research Methods; Strengths and Limitations of Social Research; A Comment on Research in a Diverse Society; Conclusion; Chapter 2: The Process and Problems of Research Related to Crime and Criminology; Identifying a Research Question; Social Research Foundations; The Role of Theory; Social Research Strategies; Social Research Standards; Conclusion; Chapter 3: Ethical Guidelines for Research; Historical Background; Ethical Principles; Institutional Review Board; Research Involving Special Populations: Prisoners and Children; Conclusion; SECTION II: FUNDAMENTALS OF RESEARCH; Chapter 4: Conceptualization and Measurement; Concepts; Variables and Levels of Measurement; Did We Measure What We Wanted to Measure?; A Comment on Measurement in a Diverse Society; Conclusion; Chapter 5: Sampling; Sample Planning; Sampling Methods; Sampling Distributions; Conclusion; Chapter 6: Causation and Research Design; Causal Explanations; Criteria and Cautions for Nomothetic Causal Explanations; Research Designs and Causality; Units of Analysis and Errors in Causal Reasoning; Conclusion; SECTION III: RESEARCH DESIGNS; Chapter 7: Experimental Designs; History of Experiments; True Experiments; Quasi-Experiments; Validity in Experiments; Factorial Survey Design; Ethical Issues in Experimental Research; Conclusion; Chapter 8: Survey Research; Survey Research in the Social Sciences; Designing Questionnaires; Writing Survey Questions; Organization of the Questionnaire; The Cover Letter; Survey Designs; Errors in Survey Research; Ethical Issues in Survey Research; Conclusion; Chapter 9: Qualitative Methods: Observing, Participating, and Listening; Fundamentals of Qualitative Methods; Participant Observation; Systematic Observation; Intensive Interviewing; Focus Groups; Ethical Issues in Qualitative Research; Conclusion; Chapter 10: Analyzing Content: Research Using Secondary, Historical, and Comparative Data, and Content Analysis; Analyzing Secondary Data; Historical and Comparative Methods; Comparative Research; Content Analysis; Methodological Issues When Using Secondary Data; Ethical Issues When Analyzing Available Data and Content; Conclusion; Chapter 11: Social Network Analysis, Crime Mapping, and Big Data; Social Network Analysis; Crime Mapping; Big Data; Ethical Issues When Using Big Data; Ethical Issues When Using Big Data; Chapter 12: Evaluation and Policy Analysis; A Brief History of Evaluation Research; Evaluation Basics; Questions for Evaluation Research; Design Decisions; Evaluation in Action; Quasi-Experimental Designs in Evaluation Research; Nonexperimental Designs; Qualitative and Quantitative Methods; Policy Research: Increasing Demand for Evidence-Based Policy; Basic Science or Applied Research; Ethics in Evaluation; Conclusion; Chapter 13: Mixing and Comparing Methods; What Are Mixed Methods?; Strengths and Limitations of Mixed Methods; Comparing Results Across Studies; Ethics and Mixed Methods; Conclusion; SECTION IV: AFTER THE DATA ARE COLLECTED; Chapter 14: Analyzing Quantitative Data; Introducing Statistics; Preparing Data for Analysis; Displaying Univariate Distributions; Summarizing Univariate Distributions; Cross-Tabulating Variables; Regression and Correlation; Conclusion; Chapter 15: Analyzing Qualitative Data; Features of Qualitative Data Analysis; Qualitative Compared With Quantitave Data Analysis; Techniques of Qualitative Data Analysis; Alternatives in Qualitative Data Analysis; Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis; Ethics in Qualitative Data Analysis; Conclusion; Chapter 16: Summarizing and Reporting Research; Research Report Goals; Writing Is Not Easy!; Research Report Types; Displaying Research; Special Considerations for Reporting Qualitative or Mixed-Methods Research; Ethics, Politics, and Reporting Research; Plagiarism; Conclusion; Appendix A: Questions to Ask About a Research Article; Appendix B: How to Read a Research Article; Appendix C: How to Use a Statistical Package: IBM SPSS Statistics; Appendix D: How to Use a Data Spreadsheet: Excel; Appendix E: Data Sets;
• Edition: Seventh edition
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white, and colour)
• Subjects: 364.072; Criminology -- Research; Criminal justice, Administration of -- Research
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781544339139
• Related ISBNs: 9781544339122
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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