Basics of research methods for criminal justice and criminology

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Maxfield, Michael G. (Author), Babbie, Earl R. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Belmont, California : Wadsworth/Cengage Learning , c2012
Edition:3rd ed
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Criminal justice and scientific inquiry
  • 2. Ethics and criminal justice research
  • 3. General issues in research design
  • 4. Concepts, operationalization, and measurement
  • 5. Experimental and quasi-experimental designs
  • 6. Sampling
  • 7. Survey research and other ways of asking questions
  • 8. Field research
  • 9. Agency records, content analysis, and secondary data
  • 10. Evaluation research and problem analysis
  • 11. Interpreting data