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Methods for Criminology and Criminal Justice: A Primer provides
students of criminology and criminal justice with a clear
and simple approach to understanding social science research.
Completely updated and redesigned, this text is written to
engage students and make the complex subject of research
methods easy for the would-be criminal justice practitioner
to comprehend. In addition to covering current topics
such as community policing, alternative sentencing for nonviolent offenders,
and gang violence, each chapter starts with a case study
demonstrating how research methods are used in practical applications
within the field. Later, these issues are also addressed
in exercises and questions found at the end of the chapter.
This indispensable resource is accessible, understandable,
and user-friendly, and is a must-read for students in any
research methods course.
Each chapter of this text begins with a case study
illustrating how research methods, requirements, and processes
are used in real-life applications. Research
Methods for Criminology and Criminal Justice: A Primer uses important contemporary issues
such as gangs, drugs, teen alcohol abuse, and alternative sentencing
options for non-violent offenders, to illustrate role of research
in developing policies and procedures. These illustrations are
also addressed at the end of each chapter in exercises and review
questions. Research Methods for Criminology and Criminal Justice:
A Primer makes learning research methods easy, understandable,
and applicable to the criminal justice topics students are most
interested in.
Research Methods for Criminology and Criminal Justice: A Primer will
be available with instructor’s resources including an Instructor’s
Manual, including lecture outlines and review question solutions,
Microsoft PowerPoint™ presentations, and a test bank.
Each chapter includes:
? A case study
? Learning objectives
? Boxed examples illustrating key ideas found within the text
? Methodological Links
? Methodological Queries
? Chapter Summary
• Current topics are discussed throughout
the text, such as:
? Community policing
? Alternative sentencing for non-violent offenders
? Gang violence
• Understandable, user-friendly format
makes learning research easy!
Table of Contents:
I Functions
1. Research: What, Why, and How
2. The Language of Research
3. Getting Started
4. Research Ethics
5. Qualitative Research
6. Quantitative Research
II Procedures
7. Research Designs
8. Questionnaire Construction
9. Sampling 123
10. Data Collection
11. Data Processing and Analysis
12. Inferential Statistics
13. Writing the Research
14. Summing Up
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Mark L. Dantzker, Ph.D. - University
of Texas - Pan American
Mark L. Dantzker is a Professor of Criminal
Justice at the University of Texas-Pan American. Dr. Dantzker
is widely published author in the criminal justice and criminology
fields. Dr. Dantzker earned his Ph.D. in Administration from
the Institute of Urban Studies at the University of Texas-Arlington,
and has close to twenty years of experience in criminal justice,
policing, and criminology.
Ronald D. Hunter, Ph.D. - Western
Carolina University
Ronald D. Hunter is professor and head of
the department of applied criminology at Western Carolina University.
He holds a doctoral degree in criminology from Florida State
University and has published extensively in the criminal justice
field. Prior to entering academia, Dr. Hunter was a sergeant
with the Tallahassee, Florida Police Department. Dr. Hunter also
serves as second vice president of the Academy of Criminal Justice
Sciences (ACJS), putting him on track to become president of
the respected international organization in 2007.
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