TY - BOOK AU - Maxfield,Michael G. AU - Babbie,Earl R. TI - Research methods for criminal justice and criminology SN - 1337091820 AV - HV7419.5 .M38 2018 PY - 2018/// CY - Australia PB - Cengage Learning KW - Criminal justice, Administration of KW - Research KW - Methodology KW - Criminology KW - fast N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-457) and indexes; Crime, criminal justice, and scientific inquiry -- Foundations of criminal justice research -- Ethics and criminal justice research -- General issues in research design -- Concepts, operationalization, and measurement -- Measuring crime -- Experimental and quasi-experimental designs -- Sampling -- Survey reseach -- Qualitative interviewing -- Field observation -- Agency records, content analysis, and secondary data -- Evaluation reseach and problem analysis Interpreting data ER -