Research methods for criminal justice and criminology / Michael G. Maxfield, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, Earl R. Babbie, Chapman University.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Maxfield, Michael G. (Author)
Babbie, Earl R. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA : Cengage Learning, [2018]
Edition:Eighth edition, Student edition.
Subjects:
Criminal justice, Administration of > Research > Methodology.
Criminology > Research > Methodology.
70.03 methods, techniques and organization of social science research.
71.65 criminality as a social problem.
Physical Description:xvi, 479 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Crime, criminal justice, and scientific inquiry
  • Foundations of criminal justice research
  • Ethics and criminal justice research
  • General issues in research design
  • Concepts, operationalization, and measurement
  • Measuring crime
  • Experimental and quasi-experimental designs
  • Sampling
  • Survey reseach
  • Qualitative interviewing
  • Field observation
  • Agency records, content analysis, and secondary data
  • Evaluation reseach and problem analysis Interpreting data.