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Doing criminological research /

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This is a highly practical examination of the key issues regarding the practices and principles of research methods, contextualised within studies of crime and criminal justice.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Jupp, Victor
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2000.
London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : 2000.
Subjects:
Criminology > Research.
Table of Contents:
  • pt. I. Planning Criminological Research
  • 1. Formulating Research Problems / Victor Jupp
  • 2. Getting Criminological Research Started / Peter Francis
  • pt. II. Doing Criminological Research
  • 3. Official Statistics and Hidden Crime: Researching Safety Crimes / Steve Tombs
  • 4. Doing Interviews with Female Offenders / Pamela Davies
  • 5. Doing Realistic Evaluation of Criminal Justice / Nick Tilley
  • 6. Evaluating Initiatives in the Community / Iain Crow
  • 7. Rehabilitation, Recidivism and Realism: Evaluating Violence Reduction Programmers in Prison / Roger Matthews and John Pitts
  • 8. Crime Surveys and the Measurements Problem: Fear of Crime / Jason Ditton, Stephen Farrall and Jon Bannister / [and others]
  • 9. Sneaky Measurement of Crime and Disorder / Jeanette Garwood, Michelle Rogerson and Ken Pease
  • pt. III. Experiencing Criminological Research
  • 10. Critical Reflection as Research Methodology / Barbara Hudson
  • 11. 'Lager Louts, Tarts, and Hooligans': the Criminalization of Young Adults in a Study of Newcastle Night-life / Robert G. Hollands
  • 12. Doing Research in a Prison Setting / Carol Martin
  • 13. Understanding the Politics of Criminological Research / Gordon Hughes.