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Adapted from Frank Hagan's best-selling Research Methods in Criminal Justice and Criminology. This new text offers a complete introduction to qualitative and quantitative research for criminal justice, in a manageable and reader-friendly format. The text emphasizes sources and resources of classic and contemporary research in the field. Also, the text uses criminological and criminal justice studies to illustrate research methods, so students can become familiar with examples of research in the field and learn fundamental research skills.

Table of Contents:
Each chapter concludes with “Summary,” “Key Concepts,” and “Review Questions.” 1. Introduction to Criminal Justice Research Methods: Theory and Method. 2. Ethics in Criminal Justice Research. 3. Research Design: The Experimental Model and Its Variations. 4. An Introduction to Alternative Data-Gathering Strategies and the Special Case of Uniform Crime Reports. 5. Sampling and 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 Triangulated Strategies. 10. Scaling and Index Construction. 11. Policy Analysis and Evaluation Research References. Glossary. Name Index. Subject Index.

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 (1st edition). These are Deviance and the Family ( with Marvin B. Sussman),Introduction to Criminology (5th edition), Research Methods in Criminal Justice and Criminology (7th 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.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780205507559
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Pearson
  • Height: 178 mm
  • No of Pages: 416
  • Weight: 565 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0205507557
  • Publisher Date: 22 Nov 2006
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 16 mm
  • Width: 236 mm


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