Fundamentals of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice / Edition 1

Fundamentals of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice / Edition 1

ISBN-10:
1412960525
ISBN-13:
9781412960526
Pub. Date:
03/07/2008
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
ISBN-10:
1412960525
ISBN-13:
9781412960526
Pub. Date:
03/07/2008
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Fundamentals of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice / Edition 1

Fundamentals of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice / Edition 1

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Overview

The Fundamentals of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice

Using a lively, informal writing style to address research methods questions, The Fundamentals of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice sheds light on how criminal research is conducted and helps students understand and appreciate the results. This brief textbook, derived from Bachman and Schutt’s popular The Practice of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice, Third Edition, offers more concise examples and less coverage of more complex methods than the original. Using both quantitative and qualitative studies, The Fundamentals of Research delineates how each methodology has been used to improve our understanding of criminal justice-related issues. Key Features and Benefits

  • Applies research methodology with plenty of in-depth examples taken from real criminal justice research, helping students better understand the “big picture” of research methods and their policy implications for the field
  • Combines qualitative and quantitative approaches, providing a balanced and complete view of research methods
  • Integrates ethical concerns and ethical decision making throughout the text, encouraging students to appreciate the ethical dilemmas researchers face at each step of the research process
  • Includes extensive end-of-chapter exercises and appendices, with step-by-step procedures for conducting literature reviews and guidance on how to read and analyze research articles

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781412960526
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Publication date: 03/07/2008
Edition description: Older Edition
Pages: 432
Product dimensions: 7.30(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Ronet Bachman, Ph D, is a professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware. She is coauthor of Statistical Methods for Crime and Criminal Justice (3rd ed.) and coeditor of Explaining Crime and Criminology: Essays in Contemporary Criminal Theory. In addition, she is author of Death and Violence on the Reservation and coauthor of Stress, Culture, and Aggression in the United States; and Violence: The Enduring Problem as well as numerous articles and papers that examine the epidemiology and etiology of violence, with a particular emphasis on women, the elderly, and minority populations. Her most recent federally funded research was a mixed-methods study that investigated the long-term trajectories of offending behavior using official data of a prison cohort released in the early 1990s and then interviewed in 2009.

Russell K. Schutt, Ph D, is a professor and the chair of sociology at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and a lecturer on sociology in the Department of Psychiatry at the Harvard Medical School (Massachusetts Mental Health Center). He completed his BA, MA, and Ph D (1977) at the University of Illinois at Chicago and a postdoctoral fellowship in the Sociology of Social Control Training Program at Yale University (1977–1979). His other books include Investigating the Social World: The Process and Practice of Research, Fundamentals of Social Work Research (with Ray Engel), Making Sense of the Social World (with Dan Chambliss), and Research Methods in Psychology (with Paul G. Nestor)—all with SAGE Publications, as well as Homelessness, Housing, and Mental Illness (Harvard University Press) and Social Neuroscience: Brain, Mind, and Society (coedited with Larry J. Seidman and Matcheri S. Keshavan, also Harvard University Press). Most of his peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters focus on the effect of social context on cognition, satisfaction, functioning, and recidivism; the orientations of service recipients and of service and criminal justice personnel; and the organization of health and social services. He is currently a coinvestigator for a randomized trial of peer support for homeless dually diagnosed veterans funded by the Veterans Administration.

Table of Contents

Preface
1. Science, Society, and Criminological Research
2. The Process and Problems of Criminological Research
3. Research Ethics and Philosophies
4. Conceptualization and Measurement
5. Sampling
6. Causation and Research Design
7. Survey Research
8. Qualitative Methods and Data Analysis
9. Analyzing Content: Crime Mapping and Historical, Secondary, and Content Analysis
10. Evaluation and Policy Analysis
11. Describing Quantitative Data
12. Reporting Research Results
References
Glossary
Index

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