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Readings for Research Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice

NCJ Number
200493
Editor(s)
M. L. Dantzker Ph.D.
Date Published
1999
Length
191 pages
Annotation
This book presents a variety of methodological techniques that can be employed by researchers of criminology and criminal justice.
Abstract
The first article looks at community policing from a firsthand perspective. The second article explores the variable social disorganization using telephone surveys and a random sample and demonstrates the process and means of identifying the dimensions of this variable. The third article explores what students think of policing and whether a class in policing changes their perceptions. The fourth article surveys a sample of police and correctional personnel in an effort to obtain perceptions of the human/cultural diversity training required by the State of Florida. The fifth article offers survey research among a sample of women within the confines of the prison setting on the connection between drugs and crime among women. In the sixth article, the author views violent crime through a survey of citizens. Correctional officers’ attitudes are explored in the seventh article. A case study in the eighth article includes questionnaire and research questions revolving around an option to police agencies that could be a future trend for providing service to citizens. In the ninth article, the author uses secondary data to examine women as organized criminals. The use of secondary data to research a subject is supported in the study of Federal asset forfeiture in the tenth article. The eleventh article provides a good example of how to conduct qualitative research using interviewing and snowball and convenience sampling, and offers insights into the difficulty of conducting any kind of research.