Measurement Issues in Criminology /
Measurement Issues in Criminology examines the techniques and procedures crucial to successful research. Topics appropriate for specific research designs, data sources, and analytic techniques are identified, as well as topics for which such measurement methods are inappropriate. Subjects explored i...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York,
1990.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Measurement Issues in Criminology examines the techniques and procedures crucial to successful research. Topics appropriate for specific research designs, data sources, and analytic techniques are identified, as well as topics for which such measurement methods are inappropriate. Subjects explored include ethical obligations and social research, the offender's perspective, longitudinal research design, advantages of time series studies over other procedures when investigating important ques- tions of process and change, and the strength and weakness of studies utilizing secondary data sources. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 275 pages 28 illustrations) |
| ISBN: | 9781461390091 (electronic bk.) 1461390095 (electronic bk.) |