Criminal justice and criminology research methods /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kraska, Peter B., 1961-
Other Authors:	Neuman, William Lawrence, 1950-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Boston : Pearson/Allyn & Bacon, [2008]
Edition:	[1st ed.].
Subjects:	Criminology > Research > Methodology. Criminal justice, Administration of > Research > Methodology.
Online Access:	Table of contents only

Table of 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.