A concise paperback based on Maxfield/Babbie's best-selling, RESEARCH METHODS FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CRIMINOLOGY, this 'basics' version combines accessibility and a conversational writing style with Michael G. Maxfield's expertise in criminology and criminal justice. In fewer than 400 pages, BASICS OF RESEARCH METHODS FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CRIMINOLOGY, 3e introduces students to the core of criminal justice research. It utilizes the most current, real data and features coverage of such key issues as ethics, causation, validity, field research, research design, and more. The Third Edition includes expanded coverage of web-based research and how to access and utilize new CJ data sets. Balancing coverage of both qualitative and quantitative methods, the text is packed with real-world examples, practical applications, and Internet research exercises. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.
In fewer than 400 pages, this popular book introduces you to the core of criminal justice research using the most current, real data available.
Research Methods in Criminal Justice and Criminology connects key concepts to real field research and practices using contemporary examples and recurring case studies throughout the book that demonstrate how concepts relate to students’ ...
Filled with practical, example-filled discussions and applications, drawn from various facets of criminal justice research, this text gives students of criminal justice and criminology an exceptionally clear understanding of how social ...
Based on Earl Babbie's best-selling text, THE PRACTICE OF SOCIAL RESEARCH, this text combines the key strengths of Babbie's text (accessibility; a conversational, "friendly" writing style; and great examples) with Michael G. Maxfield's ...
This is an excellent introductory text for undergraduate research courses, and is ideal for students who want to understand how and why criminal justice research is done to become critical consumers of research.
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Boston, MA: Butterworth-Heinemann. Dantzker, M. L., & Eisenman, R. (2007). Sexual attitudes of criminal justice college students: Attitudes toward homosexuality, pornography, and other sexual matters. American Journal of Psychological ...
Research Methods for Criminal Justice and Criminology 3e is about how to do research and investigate various types of research questions that arise in criminology and criminal...
This paperback and lower-priced essentials version of the best-selling Hagan text, Research Methods in Criminal Justice and Criminology 6/e (2003), teaches general research methods using standard and contemporary examples of both ...
Revised edition of the author's Research methods in criminal justice and criminology, [2014]