Research methods for criminology and criminal justice : a primer

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Author:

Dantzker, Mark L., 1958-

ISBN:

9780763736156

Personal Author:

Dantzker, Mark L., 1958-

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publication Information:

Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett, c2006.

Physical Description:

xvii, 237 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Series:

Criminal justice illuminated.

Series Title:

Criminal justice illuminated.

Contents:

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Section I. Functions. 1. Research : what, why, and how -- 2. The language of research -- 3. Getting started -- 4. Research ethics -- 5. Qualitative research -- 6. Quantitative research -- Section II. Procedures. 7. Research designs -- 8. Questionnaire construction -- 9. Sampling -- 10. Data collection -- Section III. Final steps. 11.Data processing and analysis -- 12. Inferential statistics -- 13. Writing the research -- 14. Summing up -- Index.

Abstract:

Research should be enjoyable, whether it is a college student completing a project for a degree or a professor meeting requirements or expectations associated with his or her position. Learning the basics for conducting research is the first step. This text is a reader-friendly primer that has as its strength the facility to positively and gently ease the reader into the task of conducting research.

Subject Term:

Criminology -- Research -- Methodology.

Criminal justice, Administration of -- Research -- Methodology.

Added Author:

Hunter, Ronald D.

Electronic Access:

Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0518/2005024821.html

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Research Methods for Criminology and Criminal Justice: A Primer, Second Edition provides students of criminology and criminal justice with a clear and simple approach to understanding social science research. Completely updated and redesigned, this text is written to engage students and make the complex subject of research methods easy for the would-be criminal justice practitioner to comprehend. In addition to covering current topics such as community policing, alternative sentencing for nonviolent offenders, and gang violence, each chapter starts with a case study demonstrating how research methods are used in practical applications within the field. Later, these issues are also addressed in exercises and questions found at the end of the chapter. This indispensable resource is accessible, understandable, and user-friendly, and is a must-read for students in any research methods course.Each chapter of this text begins with a case study illustrating how research methods, requirements, and processes are used in real-life applications. Research Methods for Criminology and Criminal Justice: A Primer uses important contemporary issues such as gangs, drugs, teen alcohol abuse, and alternative sentencing options for non-violent offenders, to illustrate role of research in developing policies and procedures. These illustrations are also addressed at the end of each chapter in exercises and review questions. Research Methods for Criminology and Criminal Justice: A Primer makes learning research methods easy, understandable, and applicable to the criminal justice topics students are most interested in.Research Methods for Criminology and Criminal Justice: A Primer will be available with instructor's resources including an Instructor's Manual, including lecture outlines and review question solutions, Microsoft PowerPoint(tm) presentations, and a test bank.