Overview

This volume brings together research principles with the practical issues of carrying out research to provide a clear and fascinating guide to the reality of contemporary criminological research. The experience of leading experts is combined with first-hand accounts from new scholars, to provide a text that students can refer to throughout their criminological studies. Doing Research on Crime and Justice is divided into five parts, and covers practice and politics in criminology; theory, data and types of criminological research; research on crime, criminals and victims; research on criminal justice agencies and institutions, and concludes with four case studies from new scholars. Incorporating a new international perspective, this volume also addresses contemporary issues such as cyber crime, and provides guidance on conducting research in situations of cultural diversity.

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Author:   Roy King (Professor and Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge) ,  Emma Wincup (Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Leeds)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 17.10cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 24.50cm
Weight:   0.974kg
ISBN:  

9780199287628

ISBN 10:   0199287627
Pages:   560
Publication Date:   13 September 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Roy King & Emma Wincup: Introduction I. Practice and politics in criminological research 1: Roy King & Emma Wincup: The process of criminological research 2: Rod Morgan & Mike Hough: The politics of criminological research II. Theory, data and types of criminological research 3: Anthony Bottoms: The relationship between theory and empirical observations in criminology 4: Per-Olaf Wikstrom: In search of causes and explanations of crime 5: Friedrich Losel: Doing evaluation research in criminology 6: Manuel Eisner, Michael Motto and Alpa Palmar: Doing criminological research in ethnically and culturally diverse contexts 7: Frances Heidensohn: International comparative research in criminology III. Research on crime, criminals and victims 8: Pat Mayhew: Researching the state of crime 9: Mike Maguire: Research street criminals in the field: a neglected art? 10: Paddy Rawlinson: Mission impossible? Researching organized crime 11: Sandra Walklate: Researching victims IV. Research on criminal justice agencies and institutions 12: Robert Reiner & Tim Newburn: Police research 13: John Baldwin: Research on the criminal courts 14: George Mair: Research on community penalties 15: Roy King & Alison Liebling: Research in prisons V. Some recent case studies 16: Matthew Williams: Cyber crime and online methodologies 17: Philip Hadfield: Ethnographic research and the licensing courts 18: Joel Harvey: An embedded multimethod approach to prison research 19: Darrick Jolliffe: Researching bullying in the classroom

Reviews

In terms of quality of content and affordability, this is a book which feel confident in recommending to social reserachers embarking upon criminological investigation * ibid * It is rare to find such seriously dedicated social scientists who have written so expressively about their research experiences * ibid * Review from previous edition There are 20 contributors to this volume, the great majority of whom are internationally respected academic figures with a wealth of expertise in diverse areas of interest * Forensic Update 64 *

<br>Reviews from previous edition<br> There are 20 contributors to this volume, the great majority of whom are internationally respected academic figures with a wealth of expertise in diverse areas of interest. It is rare to find such seriously dedicated social scientists who have written so expressively about their research experiences. In terms of quality of content and affordability, this is a book which feel confident in recommending to social researchers embarking upon criminological investigation <br>--Forensic Update<br>

Reviews from previous edition<br> There are 20 contributors to this volume, the great majority of whom are internationally respected academic figures with a wealth of expertise in diverse areas of interest. It is rare to find such seriously dedicated social scientists who have written so expressively about their research experiences. In terms of quality of content and affordability, this is a book which feel confident in recommending to social researchers embarking upon criminological investigation <br> --Forensic Update<br>

Author Information

Professor Roy King is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge Dr Emma Wincup is Senior Lecturer, University of Leeds

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