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Research Methods in Criminal Justice and Criminology
- Callie Marie Rennison - University of Colorado Denver, USA
- Timothy C. Hart - Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus
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Research Methods for Criminology & Criminal Justice | Sociological Research Methods
Research Methods for Criminology & Criminal Justice | Sociological Research Methods
April 2018 | 568 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
“This is a great text. It is comprehensive and easy to understand. The illustrations will enable students to learn and remember the information. This is the first research methods text I have read that is actually fun to read.”
—Tina L. Freiburger, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Research Methods in Criminal Justice and Criminology connects key concepts to real field research and practices using contemporary examples and recurring case studies that demonstrate how concepts relate to students’ lives. Authors Callie M. Rennison and Timothy C. Hart introduce practical research strategies used in criminal justice to show students how a research question can become a policy that changes or influences criminal justice practices. The book’s student-driven approach addresses both the why and the how as it covers the research process and focuses on the practical application of data collection and analysis. By demonstrating the variety of ways research can be used and reinforcing the need to discern quality research, the book prepares students to become critical consumers and ethical producers of research.
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—Tina L. Freiburger, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Research Methods in Criminal Justice and Criminology connects key concepts to real field research and practices using contemporary examples and recurring case studies that demonstrate how concepts relate to students’ lives. Authors Callie M. Rennison and Timothy C. Hart introduce practical research strategies used in criminal justice to show students how a research question can become a policy that changes or influences criminal justice practices. The book’s student-driven approach addresses both the why and the how as it covers the research process and focuses on the practical application of data collection and analysis. By demonstrating the variety of ways research can be used and reinforcing the need to discern quality research, the book prepares students to become critical consumers and ethical producers of research.
Free Poster: How to conduct a literature review
Give your students the SAGE edge!
SAGE edge offers a robust online environment featuring an impressive array of free tools and resources for review, study, and further exploration, keeping both instructors and students on the cutting edge of teaching and learning. Learn more at edge.sagepub.com/rennisonrm.
Available with Perusall—an eBook that makes it easier to prepare for class!
Perusall is an award-winning eBook platform featuring social annotation tools that allow students and instructors to collaboratively mark up and discuss their SAGE textbook. Backed by research and supported by technological innovations developed at Harvard University, this process of learning through collaborative annotation keeps your students engaged and makes teaching easier and more effective. Learn more.
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
PART 1 GETTING STARTED
Chapter 1 Why Study Research Methods?
PART 2 SETTING THE STAGE FOR YOUR RESEARCH
Chapter 2 Identifying a Topic, a Purpose, and a Research Question
Chapter 3 Conducting a Literature Review
PART 3 DESIGNING YOUR RESEARCH
Chapter 4 Concepts, Conceptualizations, Operationalizations, Measurements, Variables, and Data
Chapter 5 Sampling
PART 4 COLLECTING YOUR DATA
Chapter 6 Research Using Qualitative Data
Chapter 7 Survey Research
Chapter 8 Experimental Research
Chapter 9 Research Using Secondary Data
Chapter 10 GIS and Crime Mapping
Chapter 11 Evaluation Research
PART 5 ANALYSIS, FINDINGS, AND WHERE TO GO FROM THERE
Chapter 12 Analysis and Findings
Chapter 13 Making Your Research Relevant
Chapter 14 Research Methods as a Career
Appendix
Glossary
References
Index
Supplements
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“This is a great text. It is comprehensive and easy to understand. The illustrations will enable students to learn and remember the information. This is the first research methods text I have read that is actually fun to read.”
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
“An excellent and well-organized introduction for students to the techniques, strategies, designs, and skills necessary to conduct criminal justice and criminological research for shaping public policy. Students will benefit immensely from the concepts and examples referenced throughout the book by being able to understand how research methods are applied to public safety initiatives. Students will obtain a fresh perspective on the value of the scientific method and how it’s being applied to investigate public safety phenomena. The chapters I reviewed for the Rennison textbook do an amazing and parsimonious job of explaining to both novices and experts that the narrative of crime research is a fundamental component in understanding how crime research has developed historically and how continues to evolve with the growth of technology, software, statistical techniques, big data, and cloud computing power.”
California State University, Stanislaus
“This text is easy to read and understand. The examples given provide all students with the understanding of how these concepts touch their lives each day.”
Claflin University
“A solid book that covers all the key issues that would need to be covered in any introductory research methods course…this book uses a unique approach that will really engage students in a way most other books fail to do”
Florida State University
“This book makes more use of contemporary research than other criminal justice research methods texts…”
Penn State Harrisburg
“…This is an informative, reader-friendly, and practice-oriented text designed for lower-level undergraduate students who are new to research methodology. It is loaded with contemporary pedagogies to meet the needs of learners of various backgrounds.”
Indiana University South Bend
Logical lay out, nice balance between quantitative and qualitative approaches, and great teacher support materials.
Criminology & Restorative Just, Fresno Pacific University
February 2, 2020
This book was one of the best CJ research methods book I have ever encountered.
Social Science Dept, Marywood University
February 27, 2018
Sample Materials & Chapters
Chapter 3- Conducting Literature Review
Chapter 13- Making Your Research Relevant
