Research Methods in Criminal Justice and Criminology

by Frank E. Hagan

Book Overview

For courses in Research Methods in Criminal Justice and Criminology Teaches research fundamentals with a grounded, real-world approachResearch Methods in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Tenth... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0135043883
• ISBN13: 9780135043882
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
• Length: 457 Pages
• Weight: 2.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.6" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Excellent research book!

Wow, this is an excellent book that demonstrates different types of research that is usable not only in Criminology but in any other subject. It is overviews important statistical research methods, which explained in clear and descriptive way. It also uses other interesting methods that used only in criminology. Overally there is the content in short: Introduction to criminal justice research methods: theory and method; a. scientific research; b. Common sense method; c. probabilistic nature; d. qualitative and quantitative research; e.language of research; f.examples of research; -general steps; -problem formulation; ETHICS ~all about ethics in criminal justice research; RESEARCH DESIGN: EXPERIMENTAL MODEL AND ITS VARIATIONS -res des. in nutshell; -experimental model; -causality; -rival casual factors; -internal factors; -external factors; -related rival casual factors; -examples of experimental design; ~examples and explanations of all kinds of designs (over 8); Data gathering strategies and special case of uniform crime reports -social surveys; -research using GIS; crime index; crime rate; (stopped on chapter 4.) a lot more following up- ch5.Sampling and survey research-questionaries; ch6.Interviews and telephone surveys ch7. Participation observation and case studies; ch8. Unobtrusive measures, secondary analysis and the uses of official statistics ch9.Validity, realibility and triangulated strategies; ch10. scaling and index construction; ch11.Data analysis, data presentation; ch12. data analysis- user guide to statistics; ch13. policy analysis and evaluation research; appendixes: how to write the research report, etc.... Overall- I am impressed by the amount of presented topics and quality of their description. Great book for the great value!