Doing Criminological Research

Herausgeber: Davies, Pamela; Jupp, Victor; Francis, Peter

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The new edition of this best selling textbook brings research alive for students studying criminology and related subjects. Contextualising research with real-life examples of crime and criminal justice, the book looks at the processes, practicalities and problems of doing criminological research, ensuring students get to grips with preparing for and doing their own research. Thoroughly revised and updated, the book includes 12 new chapters and a revised 3-part structure designed around the core elements of a research project (preparing, doing and reflecting). It explores: o Designing Criminological Research o Undertaking a Criminological Literature Review o Crime Analysis and Survey Research o Longitudinal and Ethnographic Research o Researching the Media o Using the Internet to Research Crime and Justice o Ethics and Politics of Criminological Research o Doing Critical Criminological Research The book is also now equipped with student support features including chapter key points, summaries, study questions/activities and resources, further reading, and a comprehensive glossary. It is essential reading for students and researchers in criminology, criminal justice and community safety.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kasturi Vijayam
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 247mm x 184mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 862g
• ISBN-13: 9781848606524
• ISBN-10: 1848606524
• Artikelnr.: 31580153

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction - Pamela Davies and Peter Francis PART ONE: PREPARING CRIMINOLOGICAL RESEARCH - Pamela Davies and Peter Francis Planning Criminological Research - Peter Francis Formulating Criminological Research Questions - Pamela Davies Methodological Approaches to Criminological Research - Natasha Semmens Undertaking a Criminological Literature Review - Alison Wakefield PART TWO: DOING CRIMINOLOGICAL RESEARCH - Pamela Davies and Peter Francis Mapping and Using Crime Data in Criminological Research - Alex Hirschfield Sensitive Survey Research: An Oxymoron? - Jo Deakin and Jon Spencer Doing Interviews in Prison - Pamela Davies
Essentially Barbarians
? Researching the
Youth Underclass
- Robert Macdonald Ethnographic Research in the Context of Policing - Faye Cosgrove and Peter Francis Using the Media to Understand Crime and Criminal Justice - Rob C Mawby The Media and Criminological Research - Yvonne Jewkes Using the Internet to Research Crime and Justice - David Wall and Matthew Williams PART THREE: REFLECTING ON CRIMINOLOGICAL RESEARCH - Pamela Davies and Peter Francis Ethics and Criminological Research - Azrini Wahidin and Dr Linda Moore The Politics of Criminological Research - Gordon Hughes Critical Reflection as Research Methodology - Barbara Hudson

Rezensionen

'Just what students need. A reliable, practical and sensible guide to research methods as applied to criminological questions' - Professor Tim Newburn, London School of Economics ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 'An indispensable guide for anyone conducting or evaluating research in criminology' - Professor Julian V. Roberts, University of Oxford ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 'This revised and updated collection deals comprehensively with major issues in contemporary criminological research. It is an essential resource for all criminology students and researchers' - Emeritus Professor Hazel Croall, Glasgow Caledonian University