The Practice of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice 7th Edition by Ronet D. Bachman, ISBN-13: 978-1544339122

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The Practice of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice 7th Edition by Ronet D. Bachman, ISBN-13: 978-1544339122

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• Publisher: ‎ SAGE Publications, Inc; 7th edition (January 29, 2019)
• Language: ‎ English
• 616 pages
• ISBN-10: ‎ 1544339127
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1544339122

The Practice of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice, Seventh Edition demonstrates the vital role research plays in criminology and criminal justice 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, Ronet D. Bachman and Russell K. Schutt equip students to critically evaluate and confidently conduct research.

The Seventh 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. This edition incorporates new topics like intelligence-led policing, social network analysis (SNA), the evolution of cybercrime, and more. 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.

Table of Contents:

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

Section I • Foundations for Social Research

Chapter 1 • Science, Society, and Research Related to Crime, Criminology, and Social Contro

Chapter 2 • The Process and Problems of Research Related to Crime and Criminology

Chapter 3 • Ethical Guidelines for Research

Section II • Fundamentals of Research

Chapter 4 • Conceptualization and Measurement

Chapter 5 • Sampling

Chapter 6 • Causation and Research Design

Section III • Research Designs

Chapter 7 • Experimental Designs

Chapter 8 • Survey Research

Chapter 9 • Qualitative Methods: Observing, Participating, and Listening

Section IV • Topical Research Designs

Chapter 10 • Analyzing Content: Research Using Secondary, Historical, and Comparative Data and

Content Analysis

Chapter 11 • Social Network Analysis, Crime Mapping, and Big Data

Chapter 12 • Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Chapter 13 • Mixing and Comparing Methods

Section V • After the Data Are Collected

Chapter 14 • Analyzing Quantitative Data

Chapter 15 • Analyzing Qualitative Data

Chapter 16 • Summarizing and Reporting Research

Appendix A. Questions to Ask About a Research Article

Appendix B. How to Read a Research Article

Student Study Site: edge.sagepub.com/bachmanprccj7e

Appendix C. How to Use a Statistical Package: IBM SPSS Statistics

Appendix D. How to Use a Data Spreadsheet: Excel

Appendix E. Datasets

Glossary

References

Index

Ronet D. Bachman, PhD, worked as a statistician at the Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice, before going back to an academic career; she is now a professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware. She is coauthor of Statistical Methods for Criminology and Criminal Justice and coeditor of Explaining Criminals and Crime: Essays in Contemporary Criminal Theory. In addition, she is the author of Death and Violence on the Reservation and coauthor of Stress, Culture, and Aggression; Murder American Style; and Violence: The Enduring Problem, along with numerous articles and papers that examine the epidemiology and etiology of violence, with particular emphasis on women, the elderly, and minority populations as well as research examining desistance from crime. Her most recent federally funded research was a mixed-methods study that examined the long-term desistance trajectories of criminal justice-involved individuals who have been followed with both quantitative and interview data for nearly 30 years. Her current state-funded research is assessing the needs of violent crime victims, especially those whose voices are rarely heard such as loved ones of homicide victims.

Russell K. Schutt, PhD, is Professor of Sociology at the University of Massachusetts Boston; Clinical Research Scientist I at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; and Lecturer (part-time) in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School. He completed his BA, MA, and PhD degrees at the University of Illinois at Chicago and his postdoctoral fellowship in the Sociology of Social Control Training Program at Yale University. In addition to co-authoring The Practice of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice and Fundamentals of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice (with Ronet Bachman), he is the author of Investigating the Social World: The Process and Practice of Research and Understanding the Social World: Research Methods for the 21st Century, and co-author of Making Sense of the Social World (with Dan Chambliss), Research Methods in Psychology (with Paul G. Nestor), The Practice of Research in Social Work and Fundamentals of Social Work Research (with Ray Engel), and Research Methods in Education (with Joseph Check), all with SAGE Publications, as well as author of Homelessness, Housing, and Mental Illness and Organization in a Changing Environment, coeditor of Social Neuroscience: Brain, Mind, and Society and of The Organizational Response to Social Problems, and coauthor of Responding to the Homeless: Policy and Practice. He has authored and coauthored more than 65 peer-reviewed journal articles as well as many book chapters and research reports on homelessness, mental health, service preferences and satisfaction, organizations, and the sociology of law. His current and most recent research includes a $200,000 National Science Foundation-funded study of the social impact of the pandemic in Boston, with collaborators at the Center for Survey Research (UMass Boston) and Northeastern University, a $3.8 million randomized comparative effectiveness trial of two socially-oriented interventions to improve community functioning among persons diagnosed with serious mental illness, funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center with collaborators at the Harvard Medical School, and a $1 million Veterans Health Administration-funded study of peer support with colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and the VA. His past research has been funded by the National Cancer Institute, the Veterans Health Administration, the National Institute of Mental Health, the Fetzer Institute, and state agencies.

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