Criminal justice and criminology research methods / Peter B. Kraska, W. Lawrence Neuman.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kraska, Peter B., 1961-
Other Authors: Neuman, W. Lawrence (William Lawrence), 1950-
Language:English
Published: Boston : Pearson/Allyn & Bacon, [2008], ©2008.
Edition:[First edition].
Subjects:
Criminology > Research > Methodology.
Criminal justice, Administration of > Research > Methodology.
Physical Description:xxviii, 546 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Format: Book
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.