Criminological Research for Beginners A Student's Guide

Name: Criminological Research for Beginners A Student's Guide
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ISBN: 9780415509619

ISBN-10: 0415509610

ISBN-13: 9780415509619

Edition: 2014

Authors: Laura Caulfield, Jane Hill

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It is common for criminology undergraduates to feel intimidated at the prospect of conducting their own research and these students typically struggle to see the relevance of research methods to their own study of criminology. This book speaks directly to the needs of such students in criminology, offering a comprehensive and engaging guide to criminological research methods. Readers are invited to consider the importance of criminological research and the book brings methodology alive by placing it firmly in the context of students' broader study of criminology. This is essential reading for all criminology students and covers: An examination of the theoretical, political, and ethical…

Book details

List price: $32.99
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 3/31/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 266
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.924
Language: English




The Importance of Criminological Research



Context: power, knowledge, and politics



Significance: the importance of criminological research



Ethics in criminological research



Getting Going with Criminological Research



Planning: Where do research ideas come from?



Critiquing the literature: What do we know already?



The relationship between theories and methods



Preparing for the practical challenges of real-world crime research



Doing Criminological Research: Data Collection



Conducting interviews and focus groups



Ethnography, case studies, and life-history approaches



Questionnaires and surveys



Using secondary data sources



Doing Criminological Research: Analysis and writing-up



Analysing the data: Quantitative analysis



Analysing the data: Qualitative analysis



Analysing the data: Documents, images, and other data



Writing-up criminological research