'This new edition of Doing Criminological Research is an indispensable guide for anyone conducting or evaluating research in criminology' - Julian V. Roberts, Professor of Criminology, University of Oxford The new edition of this bestselling textbook brings criminological research alive for students. It introduces the processes and practicalities of preparing, doing, experiencing and reflecting upon criminological research. The success of the first edition has been its ability to contextualise research accessibly within real-life examples of crime, criminology and criminal justice- doing interviews with offenders in prison, undertaking evaluation on crime related projects, using questionnaires to measure fear. Its strength continues to lie in its ability to span the process of doing criminological research, helping students to understand the journey of the researcher. Key enhancements to the second edition include: " A revised, 3-part structure, designed around the three core elements of a research project (preparing, doing and reflecting on criminological research) " New chapters on: o Doing a literature review o Doing crime analysis o Ethnographic research o Using the internet and visual material in research o Comparative criminological research o Crime and social divisions o The ethics of criminological research " All other chapters fully revised and updated The book is also now fully equipped with student support features, including chapter overviews and conclusions, study questions, further reading and a glossary. It is essential reading for students and researchers in criminology and criminal justice.
| ISBN | 1848606532 | | Pages | 392 | | ISBN13 | 9781848606531
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 708 | | Publisher | SAGE Publications Ltd | | Published in | London | | Imprint | SAGE Publications Ltd | | Previous ISBN | 9780761965091 | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 232 | | Publication date | 20 Dec 2010 | | Width (mm) | 186 | | DEWEY | 364.072 | | Spine width (mm) | 22 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | Tertiary education |
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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
'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
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