Methods of Criminological Research (Contemporary Social Research S.) - Tapa blanda

Sinopsis

Methods of Criminological Research is the first book specifically to address the methodological issues and problems implicit in research on crime and criminal justice. It will be an essential text for those pursuing undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in criminology, socioligal studies, police studies and criminal justice studies, as well as for those engaged in criminological research. The book examines the different ways in which data are collected and analysed in research on crime and criminal justice. In doing so it deals with social surveys, experimental methods, official statistics, observation and detailed interviews. Throughout, it emphasizes the necessity of examining forms of data collection and analysis within the context of the criminological problems that are being investigated, the theoretical approaches that are used to address these problems, and the political and institutional contexts within which research takes place. A distinctive contribution of the book is its emphasis upon the need to examine the dynamic interchange between problems, theories, methods and politics.

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