The Practice of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice - Softcover

Bachman, Ronet D.; Schutt, Russell K.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1544339127 ISBN 13: 9781544339122

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2019

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Review:

“The textbook is straightforward, clear and easy to follow. Even students with minimal knowledge of research methods should be able to follow.”

(Mercedes Valadez Ph.D)

“I will strongly recommend this text to my colleagues as an undergraduate research method textbook!”

(Yongsok Kim)

“Very practical approach to teaching research methods and very student friendly. This text “breathes life” into the research process. The authors took the time to explain all concepts, even ones that would pose a problem for someone new to research.”

(Sherill Morris-Francis)

About the Author:

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 drug-involved offenders who were released from prison in 1990, followed from 1990 through 1995, and interviewed again in 2009.

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1544339127
• ISBN 13: 9781544339122
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 616