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Test Bank For Fundamentals of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice 5th Edition By Bachman
Test Bank For Fundamentals of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice 5th Edition By Ronet D. Bachman, Russell K. Schutt, ISBN: 9781544374055, ISBN: 9781071810774
Fundamentals of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice introduces students to the multifaceted subject of research methods and shows them why research is important in the field. This brief version of Ronet D. Bachman and Russell K. Schutt’s best-selling The Practice of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice simplifies complex concepts with real-world research examples found in everyday experiences in the criminology and criminal justice professions. The thoroughly revised Fifth Edition retains its celebrated strengths while breaking new ground with coverage of recently popular research methods and contemporary research findings.
Table Of Content
What Do We Have in Mind?
Reasoning About the Social World
Case Study: Why Do Kids Kill?
How the Scientific Approach Is Different
Alternative Research Orientations
Research in the News: Keeping Count of School Shootings
Quantitative and Qualitative Methods
Highlighting a Few Specific Types of Research Methods
Strengths and Limitations of Social Research
Careers and Research
A Comment on Research in a Diverse Society
Conclusion
Key Terms
Highlights
Exercises
What Do We Have in Mind?
Identifying Criminological Research Questions
The Role of Theory
Social Research Strategies
Case Study: A History of Investigating the Effects of Arrest for Intimate Partner Violence and the Research Circle
Research in the News: Number of Reported Rapes Climb in New York City
Careers and Research
Conclusion
Key Terms
Highlights
Exercises
What Do We Have in Mind?
Historical Background
Ethical Principles
More on the Institutional Review Board (IRB)
Research Involving Special Populations: Children and Prisoners
Research in the News: Some Social Scientists Are Tired of Asking for Permission
Careers and Research
Conclusion
Key Terms
Highlights
Exercises
What Do We Have in Mind?
Concepts
From Concepts to Variables: Measurement Operations
How Will We Know When We’ve Found It?
How Much Information Do We Really Have?
Research in the News: Are Teenagers Replacing Drugs with Smartphones?
Did We Measure What We Wanted to Measure?
Careers and Research
A Comment on Measurement in a Diverse Society
Conclusion
Key Terms
Highlights
Exercises
What Do We Have in Mind?
Sample Planning
Sampling Methods
Research in the News: What are the Best Practices for Sampling Vulnerable Populations?
Units of Analysis and Errors in Causal Reasoning
Careers and Research
Conclusion
Key Terms
Highlights
Exercises
What Do We Mean by Causation?
Causal Explanations
Criteria for Nomothetic Causal Explanations
Case Study: Media Violence and Violent Behavior
Why Experiment?
What If a True Experiment Isn’t Possible?
What Are the Threats to Internal Validity and Generalizability in Experiments?
The Element of Time in Research
Research in the News: Do Video Games Lead to Mass Shootings?
Causality in Nonexperimental Designs
How Do Experimenters Protect Their Subjects?
Careers and Research
Conclusion
Key Terms
Highlights
Exercises
Survey Research in Action: Measuring Victimization
What Is a Survey?
Questionnaire Development and Assessment
Writing Survey Questions: More Difficult Than You Think!
Organization Matters
Research in the News: United Nations Report Highlights Violence Against Women in Families
Survey Designs
Ethical Issues in Survey Research
Careers and Research
Conclusion
Key Terms
Highlights
Exercises
What Do We Mean by Qualitative Methods?
Fundamentals of Qualitative Methods
Case Study: Life in a Gang
Participant Observation
Systematic Observation
Intensive Interviewing
Focus Groups
Analyzing Qualitative Data
Techniques of Qualitative Data Analysis
Alternatives in Qualitative Data Analysis
Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis
Research in the News: Reporters Engage in Observation in Honduran Gang Territory Who Owns the Qualitative Data?
Careers and Research
Conclusion
Key Terms
Highlights
Exercises
What Do We Have in Mind?
Analyzing Secondary Data
Social Network Analysis
Crime Mapping
Big Data
Research in the News: Predictive Policing in Los Angeles, CA
Methodological Issues When Using Secondary Data
Ethical Issues When Analyzing Available Data and Content
Conclusion
Key Terms
Highlights
Exercises
What Do We Have In Mind?
A Brief History of Evaluation Research
Evaluation Basics
Questions for Evaluation Research
Design Decisions
Evaluation in Action
Strengths of Randomized Experimental Designs in Impact Evaluations
Research in the News: Is Many U.S. Jails Fail to Stop Inmate Suicides When Experiments Are Not Feasible
Qualitative and Quantitative Methods
Ethics in Evaluation
Careers and Research
Conclusion
Key Terms
Highlights
Exercises
What We Have in Mind
What Are Mixed Methods?
Strengths and Limitations of Mixed Methods
Research in the News: Lacking Data on Gun Violence
Comparing Results Across Studies
Ethics and Mixed Methods
Careers and Research
Conclusion
Key Terms
Highlights
Exercises
What Do We Have In Mind?
Research Report Goals
Types of Research Reports
Curbing the Frustrations of Writing
Displaying Data
Some Final Thoughts on Reporting Quantitative and Qualitative Research
Research in the News: Criminalizing Fraud Related to the OxyContin Crisis
Communicating With the Public
Plagiarism
Careers and Research
Conclusion
Key Terms
Highlights
