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1 v. (various pagings), 23 cm. + Includes bibliographical references (p. R1-R17) and index 1. Science, society, and criminological research -- Reasoning about the social world -- Questions and answers -- Everyday errors in reasoning -- Overgeneralization -- Selective or inaccurate observation -- Illogical reasoning -- Resistance to change -- The social science approach -- Motives for criminological research -- Social criminological research in practice -- Description: what is the magnitude of youth violence? -- Exploration: how do schools respond to gun violence? -- Explanation: what factors are related to youth delinquency and violence? -- Evaluation: do violence prevention programs in schools work? -- Strengths and limitations of social research -- Quantitative and qualitative methods -- Social research philosophies -- Validity: the goal of social research -- Conclusion -- Key terms -- Highlights -- Exercises -- Developing a research proposal -- Web exercises -- Spss exercises -- 2. The process and problems of criminological research -- Criminological research questions -- Identifying criminological research questions -- Refining criminological research questions -- Evaluating cr

Author

Bachman, Ronet D., Schutt, Russell K.

Publisher

SAGE Publications, Incorporated

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9780761928775

Subjects

Social Science, Social_sciences