Descripciones mejoradas de Syndetics:

Helping readers to understand the multi-faceted subject of research methods in the fields of criminology and criminal justice, this book teaches research design and techniques within the contexts of substantive criminology and criminal justice issues.

Tabla de contenidos provista por Syndetics

• About the Authors
• Preface and Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1 Science, Society, and Criminological Research
• What Do We Have In Mind?
• Reasoning About the Social World
• How The Scientific Approach Is Different
• Strengths and Limitations of Social Research
• Types of Research Methods
• Social Research Philosophies
• Validity: The Goal of Social Research
• Conclusion
• Chapter 2 The Process and Problems of Criminological Research
• What Do We Have In Mind?
• Criminological Research Questions
• The Role of Criminological Theory
• Social Research Strategies
• Guidelines for Criminologists
• Conclusion
• Chapter 3 Conceptualization and Measurement
• What Do We Have In Mind?
• Concepts
• Concepts and Variables
• How Will We Know When We've Found It?
• How Much Information Do We Really Have?
• Did We Measure What We Wanted to Measure?
• Conclusion
• Chapter 4 Sampling
• What Do We Have In Mind?
• Sample Planning
• Sampling Methods
• Sampling Distributions
• Units of Analysis and Errors in Causal Reasoning
• Conclusion
• Chapter 5 Causation and Research Designs
• What Do We Mean By Causation?
• Causal Explanation
• What Causes What?
• Why Experiment?
• What If A True Experiment Isn't Possible?
• What Are the Threats to Internal Validity and Generalizability in Experiments?
• How Do Experimenters Protect Their Subjects?
• Conclusion
• Chapter 6 Survey Research
• What Is A Survey?
• Questionnaire Development and Assessment
• Writing Questions
• Organization Matters
• Survey Designs
• Ethical Issues in Survey Research
• Conclusion
• Chapter 7 Qualitative Methods and Data Analysis
• What We Mean By Qualitative Methods
• Participant Observation
• Systematic Observation
• Intensive Interviewing
• Focus Groups
• Analyzing Qualitative Data
• Techniques of Qualitative Data Analysis
• Alternatives in Qualitative Data Analysis
• Visual Sociology
• Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis
• Ethical Issues in Qualitative Research
• Conclusion
• Chapter 8 Analyzing Content: Crime Mapping and Historical, Secondary, and Content Analysis
• What Is Secondary Data?
• Historical Events Research
• Comparative Methods
• Content Analysis
• Crime Mapping
• Methodological Issues When Using Secondary Data
• Combining Research Designs
• Ethical Issues When Analyzing Available Data and Content
• Conclusion
• Chapter 9 Evaluation and Policy Analysis
• Why Do We Need Evaluation?
• A Brief History of Evaluation Research
• Design Decisions
• When Experiments Aren't Feasible
• Nonexperimental Designs
• Qualitative and Quantitative Methods
• Ethics in Evaluation
• Conclusion
• Chapter 10 Quantitative Data Analysis
• Why We Need Statistics
• Preparing Data For Analysis
• Displaying Univariate Distributions
• Summarizing Univariate Distributions
• Crosstabulating Variables
• Analyzing Data Ethically: How Not To Lie About Relationships
• Conclusion
• Chapter 11 Reporting Research Results
• Beginning With A Proposal
• Research Report Goals
• Types of Research Reports
• Curbing the Frustrations of Writing
• Ethics and Reporting
• Conclusion
• Appendix A Conducting Literature Reviews and Finding Information
• Appendix B Questions to Ask About a Research Article
• Appendix C How to Read a Research Article
• Appendix D Table of Random Numbers
• Appendix E How to Use a Statistical Package (On Student Study Site)
• Appendix F How to Use a Qualitative Analysis Package (On Student Study Site)