Test Bank for Research Methods in Criminal Justice and Criminology, 10th Edition Hagan (All Chapters included)
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Complete Test Bank for Research Methods in Criminal Justice and Criminology, 10th Edition by Frank E. Hagan ; ISBN13: 9780137409020. (Full Chapters included Chapter 1 to 13)....1. Introduction to Criminal Justice Research Methods: Theory and Method
2. Ethics in Criminal Justice Research
3. Resear...
Research Methods in Criminal Justice
and Criminology
Tenth Edition
Frank E. Hagan,
Mercyhurst College
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,Contents
To the Instructor 2
Syllabi 3
Chapter 1: Introduction to Criminal Justice Research Methods:
Theory and Method 4
Chapter 2: Ethics in Criminal Justice Research 5
Chapter 3: Research Design:
The Experimental Model and its Variations 7
Chapter 4: The Uniform Crime Reports and Sampling 9
Chapter 5: Survey Research: Questionnaires 11
Chapter 6: Survey Research: Interviews and Telephone Surveys 12
Chapter 7: Participant Observation and Case Studies 14
Chapter 8: Unobtrusive Measures, Secondary Analysis,
and the Uses of Official Statistics 16
Chapter 9: Validity, Reliability, and Triangulated Strategies 17
Chapter 10: Scaling and Index Construction 18
Chapter 11: Policy Analysis and Evaluation Research 20
Chapter 12: Data Management: Coding, Tabulation,
and Simple Data Presentation 21
Chapter 13: Data Analysis: A User’s Guide to Statistics 22
Answer Key 26
Test Bank 66
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, Chapter One
Introduction to Criminal Justice Research Methods: Theory and Method
CHAPTER OVERVIEW
This chapter explains the role of scientific research in criminal justice and who is responsible for
conducting this research. This chapter also introduces the various types of research used.
CHAPTER OBJECTIVES
1. Explain the role of scientific research in criminal justice.
2. Summarize who conducts criminal justice research and why it is conducted.
3. Outline the emergence of science in the criminal justice field.
4. Summarize the various types of research.
5. Summarize alternatives to research-based knowledge.
6. Explain the concept of social science and how it applies to criminal justice research.
7. Outline the general steps in the research process.
8. Summarize how politics and funding impact research.
9. Explain the role of epistemology in crime and justice research.
10. Summarize the features of positivist social science.
11. Summarize the features of interpretive social science.
12. Summarize the features of critical social science.
13. Explain the role of theory in crime and justice research.
14. Summarize the parts of a theory.
LECTRUE OUTLINE
1. Scientific Research in Criminal Justice
2. Common Sense and Nonsense
3. Why Study Research Methods in Criminal Justice?
4. The Emergence of Science and Criminal Justice
5. The Probabilistic Nature of Science
6. Proper Conduct of Critical Inquiry
7. Approaches to Theory and Method in Criminal Justice
8. Pure versus Applied Research
9. Qualitative and Quantitative Research
10. Researchese: The Language of Research
11. Examples of the Research Process
12. General Steps in Empirical Research in Criminal Justice
13. Problem Formulation: Selection of Research Problem
LIST OF CHANGES/TRANSITION GUIDE
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