Title:
Criminal justice and criminology research methods
Author:
Kraska, Peter B., 1961-
ISBN:
9780205485703
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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.
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Electronic Access:
Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0720/2007023743.html