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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: practice of research in criminology and criminal justice
  name:
    name part: Bachman, Ronet.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Schutt, Russell K.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: cau
    date issued: 2003
    edition: 2nd ed.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: 1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
  table of contents: Science, society, and criminological research -- Reasoning about the social world -- Questions and answers -- Everyday errors in reasoning -- Overgeneralization -- Selective or inaccurate observation -- Illogical reasoning -- Resistance to change -- The social science approach -- Motives for criminological research -- Social criminological research in practice -- Description: what is the magnitude of youth violence? -- Exploration: how do schools respond to gun violence? -- Explanation: what factors are related to youth delinquency and violence? -- Evaluation: do violence prevention programs in schools work? -- Strengths and limitations of social research -- Types of research methods -- Quantitative and qualitative methods -- Social research philosophies -- Validity: the goal of social research -- Conclusion -- Key terms -- Highlights -- Exercises -- Developing a research proposal -- Web exercises -- SPSS exercises -- The process and problems of criminological research -- Criminological research questions -- Identifying criminological research questions -- Refining criminological research questions -- Evaluating criminological research questions -- Feasibility -- Social importance -- Scientific relevance -- The role of criminological theory -- Social research strategies -- The research circle -- Deductive research -- Inductive research -- A qualitative exploration of the response to domestic violence -- Descriptive research -- Domestic violence and the research circle -- Phase 1: Deductive research -- Phase 2: Deductive research -- Phase 3: Inductive research -- Phase 4: Deductive research -- Guidelines for criminologists -- Scientific guidelines -- Ethical guidelines -- Honesty and openness -- The uses of science -- Research on people -- Conclusion -- Key terms -- Highlights -- Exercises -- Developing a research proposal -- Web exercises -- SPSS exercises -- Conceptualization and measurement -- Concepts -- Conceptualization in practice -- Defining substance abuse -…
  note: Ronet Bachman, Russell K. Schutt.
  note: CD-ROM contains a demo version of HyperRESEARCH software.
  note: System requirements for disc: Macintosh and Windows.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    topic: Criminology
    topic: Research
  subject:
    topic: Criminal justice, Administration of
    topic: Research
  classification: HV6024.5 .B33 2003
  classification: 364/.07/2
  identifier: 0761928774 (Pbk.)
  identifier: 2003000231
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 030107
    record change date: 20151025073925.0
    record identifier: in00001777018