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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. Ancillaries The book is supported by SAGE Edge online resources for instructors and students, including test bank, videos, sample course syllabi, chapter specific PowerPoint slides, lecture notes, e-flashcards, quizzes, access to SAGE journal articles, and chapter summaries.

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Author:   Ronet D. Bachman ,  Russell K. Schutt
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint:   SAGE Publications Inc
Edition:   7th Revised edition
Weight:   1.310kg
ISBN:  

9781544371870

ISBN 10:   154437187
Pages:   616
Publication Date:   23 May 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

SECTION I: FOUNDATIONS FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH Chapter 1: Science, Society, and Research Related to Crime, Criminology, and Social Control Reasoning About the Social World The Social Science Approach Criminal Justice and Criminological Research in Practice Alternative Research Orientations More on the Role of Values in Research Quantitative and Qualitative Methods Highlighting a Few Specific Types of Research Methods Strengths and Limitations of Social Research A Comment on Research in a Diverse Society Conclusion Chapter 2: The Process and Problems of Research Related to Crime and Criminology Identifying a Research Question Social Research Foundations The Role of Theory Social Research Strategies Social Research Standards Conclusion Chapter 3: Ethical Guidelines for Research Historical Background Ethical Principles Institutional Review Board Research Involving Special Populations: Prisoners and Children Conclusion SECTION II: FUNDAMENTALS OF RESEARCH Chapter 4: Conceptualization and Measurement Concepts Variables and Levels of Measurement Did We Measure What We Wanted to Measure? A Comment on Measurement in a Diverse Society Conclusion Chapter 5: Sampling Sample Planning Sampling Methods Sampling Distributions Conclusion Chapter 6: Causation and Research Design Causal Explanations Criteria and Cautions for Nomothetic Causal Explanations Research Designs and Causality Units of Analysis and Errors in Causal Reasoning Conclusion SECTION III: RESEARCH DESIGNS Chapter 7: Experimental Designs History of Experiments True Experiments Quasi-Experiments Validity in Experiments Factorial Survey Design Ethical Issues in Experimental Research Conclusion Chapter 8: Survey Research Survey Research in the Social Sciences Designing Questionnaires Writing Survey Questions Organization of the Questionnaire The Cover Letter Survey Designs Errors in Survey Research Ethical Issues in Survey Research Conclusion Chapter 9: Qualitative Methods: Observing, Participating, and Listening Fundamentals of Qualitative Methods Participant Observation Systematic Observation Intensive Interviewing Focus Groups Ethical Issues in Qualitative Research Conclusion Chapter 10: Analyzing Content: Research Using Secondary, Historical, and Comparative Data, and Content Analysis Analyzing Secondary Data Historical and Comparative Methods Comparative Research Content Analysis Methodological Issues When Using Secondary Data Ethical Issues When Analyzing Available Data and Content Conclusion Chapter 11: Social Network Analysis, Crime Mapping, and Big Data Social Network Analysis Crime Mapping Big Data Ethical Issues When Using Big Data Ethical Issues When Using Big Data Chapter 12: Evaluation and Policy Analysis A Brief History of Evaluation Research Evaluation Basics Questions for Evaluation Research Design Decisions Evaluation in Action Quasi-Experimental Designs in Evaluation Research Nonexperimental Designs Qualitative and Quantitative Methods Policy Research: Increasing Demand for Evidence-Based Policy Basic Science or Applied Research Ethics in Evaluation Conclusion Chapter 13: Mixing and Comparing Methods What Are Mixed Methods? Strengths and Limitations of Mixed Methods Comparing Results Across Studies Ethics and Mixed Methods Conclusion SECTION IV: AFTER THE DATA ARE COLLECTED Chapter 14: Analyzing Quantitative Data Introducing Statistics Preparing Data for Analysis Displaying Univariate Distributions Summarizing Univariate Distributions Cross-Tabulating Variables Regression and Correlation Conclusion Chapter 15: Analyzing Qualitative Data Features of Qualitative Data Analysis Qualitative Compared With Quantitave Data Analysis Techniques of Qualitative Data Analysis Alternatives in Qualitative Data Analysis Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Ethics in Qualitative Data Analysis Conclusion Chapter 16: Summarizing and Reporting Research Research Report Goals Writing Is Not Easy! Research Report Types Displaying Research Special Considerations for Reporting Qualitative or Mixed-Methods Research Ethics, Politics, and Reporting Research Plagiarism Conclusion Appendix A: Questions to Ask About a Research Article Appendix B: How to Read a Research Article Appendix C: How to Use a Statistical Package: IBM SPSS Statistics Appendix D: How to Use a Data Spreadsheet: Excel Appendix E: Data Sets

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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 drug-involved individuals who have been followed with both quantitative and interview data for nearly thirty 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 emeritus of sociology at the University of Massachusetts Boston, where he received the 2007 Chancellor’s Award for Distinguished Service and taught from 1979 to 2022. He is also a Clinical Research Scientist I at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and a 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 was a postdoctoral fellow in the Sociology of Social Control Training Program at Yale University. In addition to ten editions of Investigating the Social World: The Process and Practice of Research and seven editions of Making Sense of the Social World, with Daniel F. Chambliss, PhD, as well as coauthored versions for criminal justice, psychology, and education, his other books include Homelessness, Housing, and Mental Illness (2011), Social Neuroscience: Brain, Mind, and Society (coedited, 2015), and Organization in a Changing Environment (1986). He has authored and coauthored more than 70 peer reviewed journal articles, as well as more than 30 non-refereed articles and book chapters on social support, mental and physical health, health services, organizations, homelessness, law, and teaching research methods. His research has been funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), the National Science Foundation, the Veterans Health Administration, the National Cancer Institute, the National Institute of Mental Health, the Fetzer Institute, and state agencies. Details are available at https://blogs.umb.edu/russellkschutt/.

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