- How do criminologists go about studying crime and its consequences?
- How are programmes for offenders and communities evaluated?
- How can you collect and analyse criminological material?
Research on crime and criminality i
Table of Contents
PART ONE:THE PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINOLOGICAL RESEARCH
Chapter 1.The Research Process
1.What is Research?
2.Researching Criminology
3.Types of Inquiry and Types of Data
4.Research as a ProcessChapter 2.The Principles of Researching Criminology
1.The Research Question
2.Choosing a Research Strategy
3.Method Selection and Data Collection
4.Data Analysis and Inference
Chapter 3.Designing Criminological Research
1.What is Research Design and Why is it Important?
2.Main Types of Empirical Inquiry
3.Some Common Kinds of Research Design
4.Choosing a Research Design: an example
5.Sampling.
6.Researching Criminology Ethically
Chapter 4.Criminological Evaluation
1.Defining Terms
2.The Evaluation Paradigm
3.Evaluation and Theory
4.Doing Criminological Evaluation
PART TWO: COLLECTING AND ANALYSING MATERIAL
Chapter 5.Researching by Reading
1.Reviewing the Literature Critically.
2.Analysing Other People’s Data
3.Analysing Documents
Chapter 6.Researching by Looking
1.Introduction: Watch and Learn
2.The Science of Observation? Epistemology and Research Design
3.Methodological Decisions
4.Data Collection
5.Data Analysis
6.The Disadvantages of Observation
Chapter 7.Researching by Asking and Listening
1.Introduction
2.Interviewing
3.Group Interviews and Focus Groups
4.Questionnaires
Chapter 8.Analysing Criminological Research
1.About Analysis
2.Analysing Quantitative Material: An Introduction
•Analysing A Single Variable
•Analysing Two Variables
•Analysing Three or More Variables
3.Analysing Qualitative Material: An Introduction
•The process of qualitative analysis (coding, categorisation, counting, computer packages)
•Interpreting Results, Drawing Conclusions and Presenting Findings
PART THREE: REAL WORLD RESEARCH
Chapter 9.Researching Offenders and Employment
1.Background to the Project, and What it Shows
2.Theoretical Basis
3.Hypotheses
4.Research Design
5.Research Methods
6.Operationalising the Design and Conducting the Study
7.Results
8.Summary
Chapter 10. Researching the Youth Court
1.Background to the Project
2.Theoretical Context
3.Research Design and Methods
4.Analysis
5.Results
6.Comments
Chapter 11.Researching a Community Safety Programme
1.Background to the Project
2.Theoretical Context
3.The Research
4.Results
5.Discussion
Chapter 12.Researching the Fear of Crime
1.Background to the Project
2.Theoretical Context
3.The Research
4.Analysis and Results
5.Discussion
