Doing research on crime and justice
edited by Roy D. King and Emma Wincup.
- New York Oxford University Press 2000.
- xxi, 441 p. 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The relationship between theory and research in criminology / Anthony Bottoms -- The politics of criminological research / Rod Morgan -- Researching the state of crime : local, national, and international victim surveys / Pat Mayhew -- Researching 'street criminals' : a neglected art / Mike Maguire -- Researching serious crime / Dick Hobbs -- Researching victims / Sandra Walklate -- Police research / Robert Reiner -- Research on the criminal courts / John Baldwin -- Research on community penalties / George Mair -- Doing research in prisons / Roy D. King -- 'Down and outers' : fieldwork amongst -- street homeless people / Julia Wardhaugh -- Breaking in : researching criminal justice institutions for women / Catrin Smith and Emma Wincup -- Mafia, Methodology, and 'alien' culture / Patricia Rawlinson -- Sad, bad, and (sometimes) dangerous to know : street corner research with prostitutes, punters, and the police / Karen Sharp --Going around the houses : researching in high crime communties / Lynn Hancock --Suspect data : arresting research / Carole Adams -- Being 'a nosy bloody cow' : ethical and methodological issues in researching domestic violence / Carolyn Hoyle -- The numbres game : quantitative research on ethnicity and criminal justice / Bonny Mhlanga -- Researching the powerful : towards a political economy of method? / Dave Whyte.