TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dantzker,Mark L.
AU  - Hunter,Ronald D.
TI  - Research methods for criminology and criminal justice: a primer 
SN  - 0763736155 (hardcover)
AV  - HV6024.5 .D36 2006
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Sudbury, Mass.
PB  - Jones and Bartlett
KW  - Criminology
KW  - Research
KW  - Methodology
KW  - Criminal justice, Administration of
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Section I. Functions. 1. Research : what, why, and how -- 2. The language of research -- 3. Getting started -- 4. Research ethics -- 5. Qualitative research -- 6. Quantitative research -- Section II. Procedures. 7. Research designs -- 8. Questionnaire construction -- 9. Sampling -- 10. Data collection -- Section III. Final steps. 11.Data processing and analysis -- 12. Inferential statistics -- 13. Writing the research -- 14. Summing up -- Index
N2  - Research should be enjoyable, whether it is a college student completing a project for a degree or a professor meeting requirements or expectations associated with his or her position. Learning the basics for conducting research is the first step. This text is a reader-friendly primer that has as its strength the facility to positively and gently ease the reader into the task of conducting research
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0518/2005024821.html
ER  -