Snapshots of Research : Readings in Criminology and Criminal Justice.

Snapshots of Research: Readings in Criminology and Criminal Justice is a comprehensive, cutting-edge text that provides an introductory overview of the main research methods used in the fields of criminology and criminal justice. This text/reader offers a wide range of modern research examples, as w...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Hartley, Richard (Rick) D. D.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2010
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • COVER; BRIEF CONTENTS; DETAILED CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1
  • THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD AND THE RESEARCH PROCESS IN CRIMINOLOGY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE; 2
  • CRIMINOLOGICAL THEORY AND THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD; 3
  • ETHICS IN THE RESEARCH PROCESS; 4
  • CONCEPTUALIZATION AND MEASUREMENT; 5
  • SAMPLING PROCEDURES; 6
  • EXPERIMENTAL AND QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH DESIGNS; 7
  • SURVEY RESEARCH AND INTERVIEWS; 8
  • QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; 9 -UNOBTRUSIVE METHODS; 10
  • MIXED METHODS RESEARCH; 11
  • EVALUATION RESEARCH AND POLICY ANALYSIS; REFERENCES; ABOUT THE AUTHOR.