Research methods for criminal justice and criminology / Dean John Champion.
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TextPublisher: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2006Edition: Third editionDescription: xxviii, 628 pages : illustration ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 013118928X [hardbound]Subject(s): Criminology -- Methodology | Criminal justice, Administration of -- MethodologyDDC classification: Online resources: Table of contents | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 605-616) and index.
Contents: 1 The research enterprise in criminal justice and criminology -- 2 Frames of reference and problem formulation -- 3 Research design -- 4 Data collection strategies I: sampling techniques, purposes, and problems -- 5 Data collection strategies II: Questionnaires -- 6 Data collection strategies III: interviews -- 7 Data collection strategies IV: observational techniques and the use of secondary sources -- 8 Measurement of variables in criminal justice and criminology -- 9 Validity and reliability of measures -- 10 Data coding, presentation, and description techniques -- 11 Hypothesis testing and theory verifications -- 12 Ethics in research.
Criminology
English
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