The Practice of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice with SPSS Student Version 15.0

Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-1-4129-5479-2
Verlag: SAGE Publications

Buch, Englisch, 616 Seiten, Format (B × H): 187 mm x 232 mm

*This edition comes already bundled with the student version of SPSS software 15.0. To purchase the version without SPSS student software, please order ISBN: 9781412950329.*

Based on Russell Schutt’s bestselling text 'Investigating the Social World', this Third Edition of The Practice of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice is the most comprehensive research methods text available to students in criminal justice and criminology. Specifically designed for criminal justice courses and programs, this innovative text uniquely helps to teach research design and techniques within the context of substantive criminology and criminal justice issues of interest to students and the field. With expanded coverage of topics like causation, ethics, and qualitative analysis, along with a comprehensive and one-of-a-kind ancillary package, the Third Edition is a text both students and instructors will appreciate. New to the Third Edition
- 'Integrates substantive criminal justice issues throughout': New examples include observational studies on community police officers, violence in rave and hip-hop clubs, in-depth interviews with gang members, and more!
- 'Offers increased coverage of qualitative methods': A new chapter on qualitative data analysis provides sections that include the documentation, conceptualization, coding, and categorizing of qualitative data, examining relationships and displaying qualitative data, authenticating conclusions, and reflexivity.
- 'Provides a new chapter on causation': The original chapter on causation and experimental methods has been divided into two chapters with a new chapter devoted exclusively to issues of causation.
- 'Stresses the importance of combining methods': A new chapter called "Analyzing Content: Historical, Secondary, and Content Analysis and Crime Mapping" now includes a section on triangulating methods.
- 'Includes new techniques for searching and reviewing literature': A new Appendix A offers a detailed discussion of how to conduct a literature review using the deterrent effect of arrest on intimate partner violence as a case study.
- 'Expands coverage of research ethics': In addition to an introduction of ethical issues in the beginning chapters, all methods chapters contain sections on ethical considerations specific to each respective method or data collection technique.

Accompanied by High Quality Ancillaries!
- 'Companion Study Site at www.sagepub.com/prccj3': Updated and expanded, this site offers self-study quizzes, E-flashcards, new-learning from SAGE Research Articles, interactive exercises, Web exercises, GSS Datasets and Documentation, a HyperResearch demo, as well as appendices referred to in the book’s table of contents but not included in the text.
- 'Instructors’ Resources on CD': Resources include PowerPoint presentations, chapter overviews and lecture outlines, test questions with answers, and student project ideas-for every chapter! It also contains articles on teaching Criminal Justice Research Methods, film and software resources, as well as Web resources.

Intended Audience This is an essential text for undergraduate and graduate students taking a Research Methods course in criminology or criminal justice.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bachman, Ronet

Schutt, Russell K.

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie

Über Autor(innen)

Bachman, Ronet
Ronet Bachman, Ph.D., is Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware. She is coauthor of 'Statistical Methods for Crime and Criminal Justice' 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' as well as numerous articles and papers.

Schutt, Russell K.
Russell K. Schutt, Ph.D., is Professor of Sociology at the University of Massachusetts, Boston and Lecturer on Sociology in the Department of Psychiatry (Beth Israel-Deaconess Medical Center) at the Harvard Medical School. He completed his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. (1977) degrees at the University of Illinois at Chicago and was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Sociology of Social Control Training Program at Yale University (1977–1979). In addition to 'Investigating the Social World: The Process and Practice of Research,' now in its 6th edition, 'Making Sense of the Social World' (with Dan Chambliss), and adaptations for the fields of social work (with Ray Engel) and criminology/criminal justice (with Ronet Bachman), he is the author of 'Organization in a Changing Environment,' coeditor of 'The Organizational Response to Social Problems,' and coauthor of 'Responding to the Homeless: Policy and Practice'. He has authored and coauthored numerous journal articles, book chapters, and research reports on homelessness, service preferences and satisfaction, mental health, organizations, law, and teaching research methods. His recent funded research experience includes a National Cancer Institute-funded study of community health workers and recruitment for cancer clinical trials, a large translational research project for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s Women’s Health Network, a National Institute of Mental Health-funded study of housing alternatives for homeless persons diagnosed with severe mental illness, and evaluations of case management programs in the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and in the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health. His publications in peer-reviewed journals range in focus from the effect of social context on cognition, satisfaction and functioning to the service preferences of homeless persons and service personnel, the admission practices of craft unions, and the social factors in legal decisions.