Criminal justice and criminology research methods
by
 
Kraska, Peter B., 1961-

Title
Criminal justice and criminology research methods

Author
Kraska, Peter B., 1961-

ISBN
9780205485703

Personal Author
Kraska, Peter B., 1961-

Publication Information
Boston : Pearson/Allyn & Bacon, c2008.

Physical Description
xxviii, 546 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Contents
Criminal justice and criminology research : mapping the terrain -- The nature of science and research -- Philosophical and theoretical foundations -- Ethics and reviewing the literature -- Quantitative and qualitative research design -- Quantitative and qualitative measurement -- Quantitative and qualitative sampling -- Experimental and quasi-experimental crime and justice research -- Survey interview methods -- Nonreactive research : content analysis and existing documents/statistics -- Analysis of quantitative data -- Crime and justice ethnographic field research -- Historical, qualitative document analysis, academic legal and mixed methods research -- Analysis of qualitative data -- Presenting crime and justice research.

Subject Term
Criminology -- Research -- Methodology.
 
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Research -- Methodology.

Added Author
Neuman, W. Lawrence (William Lawrence), 1950-

Electronic Access
Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0720/2007023743.html


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