Measurement Issues in Criminology

by Kimberly L. Kempf (Editor), Joseph G. Weis (Foreword by)

Overview

Measurement Issues in Criminology examines the techniques and procedures crucial to successful research. Topics appropriate for specific research designs, data sources, and analytic techniques are identified, as well as topics for which such measurement methods are inappropriate. Subjects explored include ethical obligations and social research, the offender's perspective, longitudinal research design, advantages of time series studies over other procedures when investigating important ques- tions of process and change, and the strength and weakness of studies utilizing secondary data sources.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780387972602
Publisher:	Springer New York
Publication date:	08/24/1990
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990
Pages:	275
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

Contents: The Role of Theory in Scientific Research.- Sources of Data.- Prevalence, Incidence, Rates, and Other Descriptive Measures.- Ethical Obligations and Social Research.- Natural Experiments in Criminal Justice.- Exploring the Offender's Perspective: Observing and Interviewing Criminals.- Longitudinal Research Designs.- Issues in Legal-Impact Research.- Time Series, Panel, Design and Criminal Justice: A Multi-State, Multi-Wave Design.- Assessing the Potential of Secondary Data Analysis: A New Look at the Glueck's Unraveling Juvenile Delinquency Data.- Biographies.- Author Index.- Subject Index.

Editorial Reviews

For graduate and advanced undergraduate students of criminology, introduces the emerging methodologies of research. Each of the ten essays addresses a research issue, such as ethical obligations, the offender's perspective, natural experiments, and longitudinal research design. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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