Full Description
This sixth edition continues to demonstrate the vital role research plays by integrating in-depth, real-world case studies with a comprehensive discussion of research methods. By pairing research techniques with practical examples from the field, the authors equip students to evaluate and conduct research. 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.The Sixth Edition of this best-selling text retains the strengths of previous editions while breaking ground with emergent research methods, enhanced tools for learning in the text and online, and contemporary, fascinating research findings. Students engage with the wide realm of research methods available to them, delve deeper into topics relevant to their field of study, and benefit from the wide variety of new exercises to help them practice as they learn.This edition is accompanied by an Edge site: edge.sagepub.com/bachmanprccj6eNew to this edition: New real-world research examples including the effects of incarceration on employment, the effects of police wearing body cameras on police and citizen injury, the perceptions of citizens regarding police misconduct, and an investigation into the lives of gang members. A new chapter on qualitative data analysis summarizes the different techniques using a case study of interviews with drug-involved offenders. Updated "Research in the News" boxes feature the latest media stories which have made an impact both on researchers and practitioners New "Careers and Research" profiles highlight the relevance of research in today's job market New end-of-chapter exercise questions refer students to a chapter-specific video posted on the Study Site, in which researchers discuss their experiences with a method presented in that chapter. New empirical data sets featured on the Study Site give students access to new subsets of data New SPSS and Excel exercises that correspond to the chapter material provide students with extra practice of the research methods being explained.
Contents
Chapter 1Reasoning About the Social WorldThe Social Science ApproachSocial Research PhilosophiesQuantitative and Qualitative MethodsSpecific Types of Research MethodsStrengths and Limitations of Social ResearchChapter 2: The Process and Problems of Criminology ResearchCriminological Research QuestionsSocial Research FoundationsThe Role of TheorySocial Research StrategiesSocial Research StandardsChapter 3: Research EthicsHistorical BackgroundEthical PrinciplesResearch Involving Special Populations: Prisoners and ChildrenCase Studies: Sexual Solicitation of Adolescents and Milgram RevistedChapter 4: Conceptualization and MeasurementConceptsCase Study: Defining Youth GangsCase Study: Defining Substance AbuseCase Study: Defining PovertyCase Study: Defining Inmate MisconductVariables and Levels of MeasurementDid We Measure What We Wanted to Measure?Chapter 5: SamplingSample PlanningSampling MethodsSampling DistributionsChapter 6: Causation and Research DesignCausal ExplanationCriteria and Caustions for Nomothetic Causal ExplanationsCase Study: Media Violence and Violent BehaviorResearch Designs and CausalityCase Study: Using Life Calendars: Do Offenders Specialize in Different Crimes?Case Study: Offending Over the Life CourseCase Studies: Gender, Social Conrol, and CrimeUnits of Analysis and Errors in Causal ReasoningChapter 7: Experimental DesignsHistory of ExperimentsTrue ExperimentsCase Study: Prison Classification and Inmate BehaviorCase Study: The Effect of Incarceration on EmploymentQuasi-ExperimentsCase Study: The Effectiveness of Drug CourtsCase Study: The Effects of the Youth Criminal Justice ActCase Study: Reduced Caseload and Intensive Supervision in ProbationCase Study: Does an Arrest Increase Delinquency?Validity in ExperimentsFactorial Survey DesignCase Study: How Citizens View Police MisconductEthical Issues in Experimental ResearchChapter 8: Survey ResearchSurvey Research in the Social SciencesQuestionnaire DevelopmentCase Study: Measuring Violent VictimizationsWriting Survey QuestionsOrganization of the QuestionnaireThe Cover LetterSurvey DesignsEthical Issues in Survey ResearchChapter 9: Qualitative Methods: Observing, Participating, and ListeningFundamentals of Qualitative MethodsCase Study: Life in a GangParticipant ObservationCase Study: The Researcher as HooliganSystematic ObservationCase Study: Studying Public Disorder and CrimeIntensive InterviewingCase Study: Jurors' Stories of DeathFocus GroupsCase Study: An Analysis of Police SearchesEthical Issues in Qualitative ResearchAnalyzing Content: Secondary Data Analysis, Comparative Analysis, Content Analysis, Crime Mapping, and Big DataAnalyzing Secondary DataCase Study: Police Protection by NeighborhoodComparative MethodsCase Study: Homicide Across NationsContent AnalysisCase Study: Media Portrayals of Abducted ChildrenCrime MappingCase Study: Social Disorganization and the Chicago SchoolCase Study: Gang Homicides in St. LouisCase Study: Using Google Earth to Track Sexual Offending RecidivismBig DataCase Study: Predicting Where Crime Will OccurCase Study: Predicting Recidivism With Big DataMethodological Issues When Using Secondary DataEthical Issues When Analyzing Available Data and ContentChapter 11: Evaluation ResearchA Brief History of Evaluation ResearchEvaluation BasicsQuestions fo Evaluation ResearchCase Study: Family Justice Center InitiativeCase Study: Process Evaluation of an Anti-Gang InitiativeCase Study: How Does the Risk Skills Training Program (RSTP) Compare to D.A.R.E.?Case Study: Cost-Benefit Analysis of Therapeutic CommunitiesDesign DecisionsEvaluation in ActionCase Study: Problem-Oriented Policing in Violent Crime Areas-A Randomized Controlled ExperimentQuasi-Experimental Designs in Evaluation ResearchCase Study: Decreasing Injuries from Police Use-of-ForceCase Study: Drinking and Homicide in Eastern EuropeNonexperimental DesignsCase Study: Vocational Education for Serious Juvenile Offenders-A One-Shot DesignQualitative and Quantitative MethodsPolicy Research: Increasing Demand for Evidence-Based PolicyBasic Science or Applied ResearchEthics in EvaluationChapter 12: Mixing and Comparing MethodsWhat Are Mixed Methods?Case Study of Convergent Parallel Design: School Security and DisciplineCase Study of Exploratory Sequential Design: American Indian HomicideCase Study of Embedded Design: Investigating RapeStrengths and Limitations of Mixed MethodsTypes of Mixed Methods DesignsComparing Results Across StudiesCase Study of Meta-Analysis: The Effectiveness of Anti-Bullying ProgramsCase Study of Meta-Analysis: Do Parent Training Programs Prevent Child Abuse?Case Study of Meta-Synthesis: Female Drug DealersEthics and Mixed MethodsChapter 13: Quantitative Data AnalysisIntroducing StatisticsCase Study: The Causes of DelinquencyPreparing Data for AnalysisDisplaying Univariate DistributionsSummarizing Univariate DistributionsCross-Tabulating VariablesRegression and CorrelationAnalyzing Data Ethically: How Not to Lie About RelationshipsChapter 14: Analyzing Qualitative DataFeatures of Qualitative Data AnalysisQualitative Compared With Quantitave Data AnalysisAlternatives in Qualitative Data AnalysisTechniques of Qualitative Data AnalysisAlternatives in Qualitative Data AnalysisComputer-Assisted Qualitative Data AnalysisCase Study: Narratives of Desistance from Crime and Substance AbuseEthics in Qualitative Data AnalysisChapter 15: Reporting Research ResultsResearch Report GoalsCase Study: Seeking Higher Education for InmatesOn Writing ResearchResearch Report TypesDisplaying ResearchSpecial Considerations for Reporting Qualitative or Mixed-Methods ResearchEthics, Politics, and Reporting ResearchPlagiarismAppendix A: Questions to Ask About a Research ArticleAppendix B: How to Read a Research Article
