The Sage Handbook of Criminological Research Methods

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-84920-175-9
Verlag: Sage Publications

Buch, Englisch, 552 Seiten, Format (B × H): 187 mm x 255 mm, Gewicht: 1141 g

Conducting research into crime and criminal justice carries its own unique challenges. The SAGE Handbook of Criminological Research Methods focuses on the application of “methods,” broadly understood, to address the core substantive questions that currently motivate contemporary criminological research. It maps a canon of methods that are more elaborated than in most other fields of social science, and the intellectual terrain of research problems with which criminologists are routinely confronted.

Drawing on exemplary studies, chapters in each section will illustrate the techniques (qualitative and quantitative) that are commonly applied in empirical studies, as well as the logic of criminological enquiry - the ways in which the specific nature of research questions dictate the kinds of data and analytic strategies required to effectively answer these questions. Organized into five sections, each of which is prefaced by an editorial introduction, the Handbook covers:

• Crime and Criminals
• Crime’s Contexts: Networks, Cultures and Communities
• Perceptual Dimensions of Crime
• Criminal Justice Systems: Organizations and Institutions
• Preventing Crime and Improving Justice

Edited by leaders in the field of criminological research, and containing contributions by internationally renowned experts, The SAGE Handbook of Criminological Research Methods is comprehensive, forward-thinking and broad in ist enquiry. Written for graduates, researchers and academics in criminology, criminal justice, policing, law, and sociology, this exciting, much-needed addition to the criminological library is set to become a definitive resource for research.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gadd, David

Karstedt, Susanne

Messner, Steven F

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Forschungsmethodik, Wissenschaftliche Ausstattung
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Editorial Introduction
PART ONE: CRIME AND CRIMINALS
Life Histories and Autobiographies as Ethnographic Data - Neal Shover
Self-Report Surveys within Longitudinal Panel Designs - Marvin D. Krohn Terence P. Thornberry, Kristin A. Bell, Alan J. Lizotte, Matthew Phillips
In-depth interviewing and psychosocial case study analysis - David Gadd
Grounding the Analysis of Gender and Crime: Accomplishing and Interpreting Qualitative Interview Research - Jody Miller
Neurocriminological Approaches - Yu Gao, Andrea L. Glenn, Melissa Peskin, Anna Rudo-Hutt, Robert A. Schug, Yaling Yang, Ph.D., Adrian Raine
Identifying Causality: Gun Prevalence and Homicide Rates - Tomislav Kovandzic, Mark Schaffer, Gary Kleck
PART TWO: CRIME'S CONTEXTS: CULTURES, NETWORKS AND COMMUNITIES
Multi-level Modeling and Criminological Inquiry - Eric P. Baumer & Ashley N. Arnio
Examining the Role of the Environment in Crime Causation: Small Area Community Surveys and Space-Time Budgets - Per-Olof H Wikström, Kyle Treiber, Beth Hardie
Social Networks and the Ecology of Crime: Using Social Network Data to Understand - George Tita and Adam Michael Boessen
Using Census Data and Surveys to Study Labor Markets and Crime - Robert D. Crutchfield and Suzanna R. Ramirez
Historical and Archival Research Methods - Barry Godfrey
PART THREE: PERCEPTUAL DIMENSIONS OF CRIME
Ethnographic Photography in Criminological Research - Cécile Van de Voorde
Auto-Ethnography - Jeff Ferrell
Interviewing victims of State Violence - Liz Stanley
Questioning Homicide and the Media: Analysis of Content or Content Analysis? - Moira Peelo and Keith Soothill
Assessing Crime through International Victimization Surveys - Pat Mayhew and Jan Van Dijk
In Search of the Fear of Crime: Using Interdisciplinary Insights to Improve the Conceptualisation and Measurement of Everyday Insecurities - Emily Gray, Jon Jackson and Stephen Farrall
Measuring Public Attitudes to Criminal Justice - Julian Roberts, Matrina Feilzer, Mike Hough
PART FOUR: CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS: ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS
Researching Police Culture: A Longitudinal Mixed Method Approach - Janet Chan
Quasi-Experimental Research on Community Policing - Wesley G. Skogan
Order in the Court: Using Ethnomethodology to Explore Juvenile Justice Settings - Aaron Kupchik, Joseph De Angelis and Nicole Bracy
Exploring the Methodological Approaches to Probation Success - Karin Tusinski Miofsky and James Byrne
Conceptualising and Measuring the Quality of Prison Life - Alison Liebling, Susie Hulley and Ben Crewe
Comparing Justice and Crime across Cultures - Susanne Karstedt
PART FIVE: PREVENTING CRIME AND IMPROVING JUSTICE
Experimental Criminology and Restorative Justice: Principles of Developing and Testing Innovations in Crime Policy - Heather Strang and Lawrence W Sherman
Large-Scale Criminological Field Experiments: The Zurich Project on the Social Development of Children - Manuel Eisner, Tina Malti and Denis Ribeaud
'Meta-Analysis as a Method of Systematic Reviews' - Martin Schmucker Erlangen-Nuremberg and Friedrich Lösel
'Crime Concentration and Police Work' - Ken Pease
'Assessing the costs of Fraud' - Mike Levi
The Other Cultural Criminology: The Role of Action Research in Justice Work and Development - Cyndi Banks
Feminist Approaches to Criminological Research - Gail Mason and Julie Stubbs
Research Ethics in Criminology - Mark Israel and Iain Hay