Provides complete coverage of the use and results of the contemporary methods employed in criminology and criminal justice research today.
Covering research findings from critical areas in criminal justice, such as police use of force, cybercrime, and race, this text helps students understand the importance of research, not just the process.
This edition incorporates new topics like intelligence-led policing, social network analysis (SNA), the evolution of cybercrime, and more.
Bruce Taylor and Daniel Woods (2010) were among the first to compare injury rates of both officers and suspects in law enforcement agencies (LEAs) that used CEDs with a matched sample of LEAs that did not use them.
situation itself (Altheide & Johnson, 1994). ... Heidi Levitt, Rebecca Todd Swanger, and Jenny Butler (2008) used a systematic grounded method of analysis to understand the perspective of male perpetrators of violence on female victims.
The Practice of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice Electronic Version
... of the sample mean (26) and unbiased estimates of the sampling distributions' standard errors for samples of size 100 and 200. For sample size of 100, the unbiased standard error estimate is 2.5 divided by the square root of 99, ...
Key Features and Benefits Applies research methodology with plenty of in-depth examples taken from real criminal justice research, helping students better understand the "big picture" of research methods and their policy implications for ...
The Practice of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice Electronic Version
The Practice of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice, 4th Ed + the Concise Dictionary of Crime and Justice
Specifically designed for undergraduate and beginning graduate criminal justice courses and programs, this text teaches research design and techniques within the context of substantive criminology and criminal justice issues of interest to ...