Basics of research methods for criminal justice and criminology / Michael G. Maxfield, Earl R. Babbie.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Maxfield, Michael G.
Other Authors: Babbie, Earl R.
Language:English
Published: Belmont, CA : Wadsworth/Cengage Learning, [2012], ©2012.
Edition:Third edition.
Subjects:
Criminal justice, Administration of > Research > Methodology.
Criminology > Research > Methodology.
Kriminologie.
Strafjustiz.
Forschungsmethode.
Grundlage.
Anwendung.
Kriminologi > forskning > metodik.
Physical Description:xxv, 335 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Criminal justice and scientific inquiry
  • Ethics and criminal justice research
  • General issues in research design
  • Concepts, operationalization, and measurement
  • Experimental and quasi-experimental designs
  • Sampling
  • Survey research and other ways of asking questions
  • Field research
  • Agency records, content analysis, and secondary data
  • Evaluation research and problem analysis
  • Interpreting data.