Produktbild: Bachman, R: Practice of Research in Criminology and Criminal

Bachman, R: Practice of Research in Criminology and Criminal

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Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

23.05.2019

Verlag

Sage Publications

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616

Maße (L/B/H)

20.4/25.5/2.6 cm

Gewicht

1320 g

Auflage

7 Revised edition

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-5443-7187-0

Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

23.05.2019

Verlag

Sage Publications

Seitenzahl

616

Maße (L/B/H)

20.4/25.5/2.6 cm

Gewicht

1320 g

Auflage

7 Revised edition

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-5443-7187-0

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  • Produktbild: Bachman, R: Practice of Research in Criminology and Criminal
  • SECTION I: FOUNDATIONS FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH
    Chapter 1: Science, Society, and Research Related to Crime, Criminology, and Social Control
    Reasoning About the Social World
    The Social Science Approach
    Criminal Justice and Criminological Research in Practice
    Alternative Research Orientations
    More on the Role of Values in Research
    Quantitative and Qualitative Methods
    Highlighting a Few Specific Types of Research Methods
    Strengths and Limitations of Social Research
    A Comment on Research in a Diverse Society
    Conclusion
    Chapter 2: The Process and Problems of Research Related to Crime and Criminology
    Identifying a Research Question
    Social Research Foundations
    The Role of Theory
    Social Research Strategies
    Social Research Standards
    Conclusion
    Chapter 3: Ethical Guidelines for Research
    Historical Background
    Ethical Principles
    Institutional Review Board
    Research Involving Special Populations: Prisoners and Children
    Conclusion
    SECTION II: FUNDAMENTALS OF RESEARCH
    Chapter 4: Conceptualization and Measurement
    Concepts
    Variables and Levels of Measurement
    Did We Measure What We Wanted to Measure?
    A Comment on Measurement in a Diverse Society
    Conclusion
    Chapter 5: Sampling
    Sample Planning
    Sampling Methods
    Sampling Distributions
    Conclusion
    Chapter 6: Causation and Research Design
    Causal Explanations
    Criteria and Cautions for Nomothetic Causal Explanations
    Research Designs and Causality
    Units of Analysis and Errors in Causal Reasoning
    Conclusion
    SECTION III: RESEARCH DESIGNS
    Chapter 7: Experimental Designs
    History of Experiments
    True Experiments
    Quasi-Experiments
    Validity in Experiments
    Factorial Survey Design
    Ethical Issues in Experimental Research
    Conclusion
    Chapter 8: Survey Research
    Survey Research in the Social Sciences
    Designing Questionnaires
    Writing Survey Questions
    Organization of the Questionnaire
    The Cover Letter
    Survey Designs
    Errors in Survey Research
    Ethical Issues in Survey Research
    Conclusion
    Chapter 9: Qualitative Methods: Observing, Participating, and Listening
    Fundamentals of Qualitative Methods
    Participant Observation
    Systematic Observation
    Intensive Interviewing
    Focus Groups
    Ethical Issues in Qualitative Research
    Conclusion
    Chapter 10: Analyzing Content: Research Using Secondary, Historical, and Comparative Data, and Content Analysis
    Analyzing Secondary Data
    Historical and Comparative Methods
    Comparative Research
    Content Analysis
    Methodological Issues When Using Secondary Data
    Ethical Issues When Analyzing Available Data and Content
    Conclusion
    Chapter 11: Social Network Analysis, Crime Mapping, and Big Data
    Social Network Analysis
    Crime Mapping
    Big Data
    Ethical Issues When Using Big Data
    Ethical Issues When Using Big Data
    Chapter 12: Evaluation and Policy Analysis
    A Brief History of Evaluation Research
    Evaluation Basics
    Questions for Evaluation Research
    Design Decisions
    Evaluation in Action
    Quasi-Experimental Designs in Evaluation Research
    Nonexperimental Designs
    Qualitative and Quantitative Methods
    Policy Research: Increasing Demand for Evidence-Based Policy
    Basic Science or Applied Research
    Ethics in Evaluation
    Conclusion
    Chapter 13: Mixing and Comparing Methods
    What Are Mixed Methods?
    Strengths and Limitations of Mixed Methods
    Comparing Results Across Studies
    Ethics and Mixed Methods
    Conclusion
    SECTION IV: AFTER THE DATA ARE COLLECTED
    Chapter 14: Analyzing Quantitative Data
    Introducing Statistics
    Preparing Data for Analysis
    Displaying Univariate Distributions
    Summarizing Univariate Distributions
    Cross-Tabulating Variables
    Regression and Correlation
    Conclusion
    Chapter 15: Analyzing Qualitative Data
    Features of Qualitative Data Analysis
    Qualitative Compared With Quantitave Data Analysis
    Techniques of Qualitative Data Analysis
    Alternatives in Qualitative Data Analysis
    Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis
    Ethics in Qualitative Data Analysis
    Conclusion
    Chapter 16: Summarizing and Reporting Research
    Research Report Goals
    Writing Is Not Easy!
    Research Report Types
    Displaying Research
    Special Considerations for Reporting Qualitative or Mixed-Methods Research
    Ethics, Politics, and Reporting Research
    Plagiarism
    Conclusion
    Appendix A: Questions to Ask About a Research Article
    Appendix B: How to Read a Research Article
    Appendix C: How to Use a Statistical Package: IBM SPSS Statistics
    Appendix D: How to Use a Data Spreadsheet: Excel
    Appendix E: Data Sets