The new edition of this bestselling textbook comes completely revised and updated to take students on a guided tour of criminological research.
As a trusted companion, this book brings together a range of experts in the field to provide key perspectives on how to prepare, do and present research. Each chapter comes with a range of learning features and contextualised case studies, giving an in-depth review on conducting research projects. The book:
- Includes fascinating case studies on transnational crime and policing, victims, male offenders, institutional abuse and more
- Comes with study questions, activities, key terms and a glossary
- Includes visual material which highlights and illustrates key points
- Contains new chapters on mixed methods; web based criminological research; experimental criminological research and quantitative criminological research
This is the go-to for any student studying criminology, essential to those conducting their own research in the field.
Table of Content
Decision Making and Reflexivity in Doing Criminological Research – Pamela Davies and Peter Francis
Planning and Proposing Criminological Research – Peter Francis
Undertaking a Criminological Literature Review – Alison Wakefield
Methodological Approaches to Criminological Research – Hannah Bows
Using Mixed Methods in Criminological Research – Vicky Heap and Jaime Waters
The Politics and Ethics of Criminological Research – David Scott
Writing Up and Presenting Criminological Research – Alexandra Hall
Using Historical Artefacts, Records and Resources in Criminological Research – Pam Cox, Heather Shore and Barry Godfrey
Using Social Surveys in Criminological Research – Jo Deakin and Jon Spencer
Doing Quantitative Data Analysis in Criminological Research – Nick Tilley, Graham Farrell and Andromachi Tseloni
Using Big Data and Data Analytics in Criminological Research – Lyria Bennett Moses and Janet Chan
Doing Qualitative Data Analysis in Criminological Research – Pamela Davies
Doing Longitudinal and Life-Course Criminological Research – Jerzy Sarnecki and Christoffer Carlsson
Using Interviews as Storytelling in Criminological Research – Elizabeth Stanley
Using In-Depth Interviewing and Documentary – Marie Segrave and Sanja Milivojevic
Using Biography and Autobiography in Criminological (and Victimological) Research – Ross Mc Garry and Zoe Alker
Doing Ethnographic Research in Criminology – Steve Hall
Doing Criminological Research Online – Majid Yar
Using Visual Methods in Criminological Research – Ronnie Lippens
Doing Comparative Criminological Research – Matthew Hall
Using Case Study Methods in Criminological Research – Kathleen Daly
Doing Criminological Evaluation Research – Rob White
Glossary
About the author
Peter has worked at Northumbria University since 1994 and before that at the Universities of Leicester and Hull. He gained his undergraduate degree from Northumbria University and studied at postgraduate level at Hull University. Between 2002 and 2008 he was a Senior Advisor to the Home Office and has been a council member and trustee of the independent charity the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, Kings College, London since 1996.
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