Essentials of Research Methods for Criminal Justice / Edition 3

by Frank Hagan

Overview

Adapted from the best-selling Research Methods in Criminal Justice and Criminology, ESSENTIALS OF RESEARCH METHODS FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE, 3/e teaches general research methods using standard and contemporary examples of criminal justice and criminology research. Featuring both qualitative and quantitative studies, this edition offers an emphasis on ethics, the latest research studies, new information on prison research, Internet resources and visual criminology. This essentials version omits coverage of data management and analysis, and places its emphasis on fundamental research skills and the literature of the field.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780135121009
Publisher:	Pearson Education
Publication date:	12/29/2010
Pages:	432
Product dimensions:	7.20(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Frank E. Hagan, Ph.D. is the Dean of Graduate Studies at Mercyhurst College and Director of the Graduate Program in the Administration of Justice.  He is the author of seven books plus the first edition of Essentials of Research Methods (1^st edition).  These are Deviance and the Family ( with Marvin B. Sussman), Introduction to Criminology (5^th edition), Research Methods in Criminal Justice and Criminology (7^th edition), Political Crime, White Collar Deviance (with David Simon) and The Language of Research  (with Pamela Tontodonato).

   He is also the author or coauthor of many journal articles and articles in edited volumes.  A recipient of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Fellow Award (2000), he was also awarded The Teacher’s Excellent Award by MercyhurstCollege (2006).  His major interests are research methods, criminology and organized crime, white collar crime and political crime and terrorism.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Criminal Justice Research Methods: Theory and Method

2. Ethics on Criminal Justice Research

3. Research Design: The Experimental Model and Its Variations

4. Uniform Crime Reports and Sampling

5. Survey Research: Questionnaires

6. Survey Research: Interviews and Telephone Surveys

7. Participant Observation and Case Studies

8. Unobtrusive Measures, Secondary Analysis, and the Uses of Official Statistics

9. Validity, Reliability, and Triangular Strategies

10. Scaling and Index Construction

11. Policy Analysis and Evaluation Research