TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bachman,Ronet
AU  - Schutt,Russell K.
TI  - The practice of research in criminology and criminal justice
SN  - 9781506306810 (pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - HV6024.5 .B33 2017
U1  - 364.072 23
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - London
PB  - SAGE Publications, Inc.
KW  - Criminology
KW  - Research
N1  - Revised edition of the authors' The practice of research in criminology and criminal justice, 2014; Includes bibliographical references (pages 495-508) and index; Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Science, society, and criminological research -- The process and problems of criminology research -- Doing research ethically -- Fundamentals of research -- Conceptualization and measurement -- Sampling -- Causation and research design -- Research designs -- Experimental and quasi-experimental designs -- Survey research -- Qualitative methods: observing, participating, and listening -- Analyzing content : secondary analysis, content analysis, crime mapping, and -- Big data -- Evaluation research -- Mixing and comparing methods -- After the data are collected -- Analyzing quantitative data -- Analyzing qualitative data -- Reporting research results -- Appendix A: Questions to ask about a research article -- Appendix B: How to read a research article -- On student study site: edge.sagepub.com/bachmanprccj6e -- Appendix C: How to use a statistical package: IBM SPSS statistics -- Appendix D: How to use a data spreadsheet : excel -- Appendix E: Data sets -- Glossary -- References -- Index -- About the authors
ER  -