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Statistics in Criminal Justice, Third Edition by David Weisburd, Chester Britt (auth.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Statistics in Criminal Justice, Third Edition about?
__Statistics in Criminal Justice__ takes an approach that emphasizes the uses of statistics in research in crime and justice. This text is meant for students and professionals who want to gain a basic understanding of statistics in this field. The text takes a building-block approach, meaning that each chapter helps to prepare the student for the chapters that follow. It also means that the level of sophistication of the text increases as the text progresses. Throughout the text there is an emphasis on comprehension and interpretation, rather than computation. However, it takes a serious approach to statistics, which is relevant to the real world of research in crime and justice. This approach is meant to provide the reader with an accessible but sophisticated understanding of statistics that can be used to examine real-life criminal justice problems. The goal of the text is to give the student a basic understanding of statistics and statistical concepts that will leave the student with the confidence and the tools for tackling more complex problems on their own. __Statistics in Criminal Justice__ is meant not only as an introduction for students but as a reference for researchers.
Who reads Statistics in Criminal Justice, Third Edition?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- David Weisburd, Chester Britt (auth.)
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media, LLC
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780387341125
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Science, Social Science, Social Sciences
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