Crime and justice research methods
By: Peter B. Kraska, W. Lawrence Neuman.
Contributors: Neuman, William Lawrence, 1950-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Subjects: Criminology -- Research -- Methodology.; Criminal justice, Administration of -- Research -- Methodology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Crime and justice research : mapping the terrain; title: The nature of science and research; title: Philosophical and theoretical foundations; title: Ethics and reviewing the literature; title: Quantitative and qualitative research design; title: Quantitative and qualitative measurement; title: Quantitative and qualitative sampling; title: Experimental and quasi-experimental crime and justice research; title: Survey interview methods; title: Nonreactive research : content analysis and existing documents/statistics; title: Analysis of quantitative data; title: Crime and justice ethnographic field research; title: Historical, ethnographical content analysis, legal and mixed methods; title: Analysis of qualitative data; title: Presenting crime and justice research.