Researching crime and justice/ (Record no. 176898)
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| fixed length control field | 00397nam a2200145Ia 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781843923176 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 364 |
| Item number | WES/R |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Researching crime and justice/ |
| Sub title | tales from the field |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Westmarland,Louise |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st.ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Abingdon, Oxon: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Routledge, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2011. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | x, 198 p |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Problematising criminological research<br/>Introduction<br/>What are 'criminological methods'?<br/>'Real' research<br/>Is researching crime and justice criminology?<br/>What are criminological research methods?<br/>If this is criminology, what is research?<br/>How and why to research?<br/>Who or what to research?<br/>What is criminological about certain types of research?<br/>What happens in 'real life' research?<br/>Organisation of the book<br/>Quantitative versus qualitative methods<br/>Introduction<br/>Choosing and using research methods<br/>Is this criminology?<br/>Types of research methods<br/>How to choose methods that fit<br/>Researching the 'truth' about rape<br/>Reliability<br/>Validity<br/>The science of research methods<br/>Conclusion<br/>3 Quantitative methods<br/>Introduction<br/>What are quantitative criminological methods?<br/>Primary and secondary data<br/>Interrogating official statistics<br/>Interview with John Muncie<br/>Critiquing government statistics<br/>Summary of secondary quantitative data methods<br/>Primary data research<br/>Summary of primary data research<br/>Conclusion<br/>4 Qualitative methods<br/>Introduction<br/>Versions of qualitative research<br/>Interviews<br/>Interview with Ben Bowling<br/>Interview with Laura Piacentini<br/>Focus groups<br/>Mixed methods<br/>Interview with Sandra Walklate<br/>Interview with Lynn Hancock<br/>Conclusion<br/>) Soft and semi-structured research<br/>Introduction<br/>Ethnography<br/>Insider/outsider research<br/>Interview with Rob Hornsby<br/>Interview with Simon Winlow<br/>Conclusion<br/>I Ethics, emotions, politics and danger<br/>Introduction<br/>Research ethics<br/>Ethical restrictions on criminological research<br/>Crime and justice specific ethics?<br/>The politics of researching crime and justice<br/>Emotions 162<br/>Danger in the research process 166<br/>Conclusion 168<br/>Analysing evidence of crime and justice 169<br/>Introduction 169<br/>What the interviewees said 169<br/>Analysing evidence 173<br/>Theoretical concerns 174<br/>A short guide to criminological theories 176<br/>The themes that have arisen from the interviews 178<br/>The writing up process 182<br/>Conclusion 184 |
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| Koha item type | AC Sinha Collection |
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| Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | General Book Section | 29/08/2016 | 364 WES/R | P31900 | 10/07/2018 | 10/07/2018 | General Books |