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Doing Criminological Research Paperback – 20 December 2010
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The new edition of this best selling textbook brings research alive for students studying criminology and related subjects.
Contextualising research with real-life examples of crime and criminal justice, the book looks at the processes, practicalities and problems of doing criminological research, ensuring students get to grips with preparing for and doing their own research.
Thoroughly revised and updated, the book includes 12 new chapters and a revised 3-part structure designed around the core elements of a research project (preparing, doing and reflecting). It explores:
o Designing Criminological Research
o Undertaking a Criminological Literature Review
o Crime Analysis and Survey Research
o Longitudinal and Ethnographic Research
o Researching the Media
o Using the Internet to Research Crime and Justice
o Ethics and Politics of Criminological Research
o Doing Critical Criminological Research
The book is also now equipped with student support features including chapter key points, summaries, study questions/activities and resources, further reading, and a comprehensive glossary. It is essential reading for students and researchers in criminology, criminal justice and community safety.
- Print length392 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherSage Publications Ltd
- Publication date20 December 2010
- Dimensions18.42 x 1.91 x 22.86 cm
- ISBN-101848606532
- ISBN-13978-1848606531
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About the Author
Pam has published widely on the subject of victimization and social harm and on how gender connects to matters of community safety, public protection and well-being. Her most recent books are Crime and Power authored with Tanya Wyatt and Victimology Research Policy and Activism edited with Jacki Tapley. She is the series editor of the Palgrave Macmillan ‘Victims and Victimology’ book series (with Associate Professor Tyrone Kirchengast, University of New South Wales, Sydney).
Peter has worked at Northumbria University since 1994 and before that at the Universities of Leicester and Hull. He gained his undergraduate degree from Northumbria University and studied at postgraduate level at Hull University. Between 2002 and 2008 he was a Senior Advisor to the Home Office and has been a council member and trustee of the independent charity the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, Kings College, London since 1996.
Victor Jupp is Principal Lecturer in Criminology and Social Research in the School of Arts and Social Sciences at Northumbria University
Contributors
Malcolm Ashmore, Loughborough University, UK
Lee Barron, Northumbria University, UK
Russell W. Belk, Northwestern University, USA
Roy Boyne, University of Durham, UK
Angela Brady, Northumbria University, UK
David Brockington, University Of Plymouth, UK
Martin Bulmer, University of Surrey, UK
John Bynner, University of London, UK
David Byrne, University of Durham, UK
Michael Carrithers, University of Durham, UK
Ellis Cashmore, Staffordshire University, UK
Amanda Coffey, Cardiff University, UK
Tony Columbo, Coventry University, UK
Louise Corti, University of Essex, UK
Iain Crow, University of Sheffield, UK
Julia Davidson, University of Westminster, UK
Pamela Davies, Northumbria University, UK
Martyn Denscombe, De Montfort University, UK
Derek Edwards, Loughborough University, UK
Nigel Fielding, University of Surrey, UK
Uwe Flick, University of Applied Sciences, Berlin, Germany
Jeremy Foster, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
Philip Gardner, Cambridge University, UK
Jeanette Garwood, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK
Luca Greco, University of Paris III (Sorbonne Nouvelle), France
Martyn Hammersley, The Open University, UK
Jamie Harding, Northumbria University, UK
Rom Harré, Georgetown University, USA
Eric Harrison, University of Oxford, UK
Alexa Hepburn, Loughborough University, UK
Claire Hewson, Bolton Institute, UK
Dick Hobbs, University of Durham, UK
Mark Israel, Flinders University, Australia
David Jary, University of Birmingham, UK
Vince Keddie, Department for Education and Skills, UK
Aidan Kelly, University of East London, UK
Robert Kozinets, Northwestern University, USA
Richard Lampard, University of Warwick, UK
Gayle Letherby, Coventry University, UK
Curt Le Baron, Brigham Young University, Utah, USA
Ana Lopes, University of East London, UK
Eugene McLaughlin, The Open University, UK
Craig McLean, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Bernd Marcus, Chemintz University, Germany
Steve Miles, Northumbria University, UK
David L. Morgan, Portland State University, USA
Rachael Moss, University of Liverpool, UK
George Moyser, University of Vermont, USA
John Muncie, The Open University, UK
John Newton, Northumbria University, UK
Paul Oliver, University of Huddersfield, UK
Geoff Payne, formerly University of Plymouth, UK
Sarah Pink, Loughborough University, UK
Helen Poole, Coventry University, UK
Jonathon Potter, Loughborough University, UK
Paul Pye, University of Teesside, UK
Deborah Reed-Danahay, University of Texas at Arlington, USA
Karl-Heinz Renner, University of Bamburg, Germany
Catherine Riessman, Boston University, USA
Lyn Richards, Director, Research Services, QSR, Australia
Margaret Rowe, Northumbria University, UK
Andrew Rutherford, University of Keele, UK
Roger Sapsford, University of Teesside, UK
Mark Saunders, Oxford Brookes University, UK
Thomas A. Schwandt, University of Illinois, USA
John Scott, University of Essex, UK
Christina Silver, University of Surrey, UK
Teresa Smallbone. Oxford Brookes University, UK
Mark Smith, The Open University, UK
Paul Spector, University of South Florida, USA
Robert Stallings, University of Southern California, USA
Thomas Staufenbriel, University of Osnabrueck, Germany
Graham Steventon, Coventry University, UK
Maggie Sumner, University of Westminster, UK
John Swain, Northumbria University, UK
Nick Tilley, Nottingham Trent University, UK
Adelinde Uhrmacher, University of Rostock, Germany
Paul Valentine, University of East London, UK
David de Vaus, La Trobe University, Australia
Margie Wetherell, The Open University, UK
Chris Wharton, Northumbria University, UK
Malcolm Williams, University of Plymouth, UK
Product details
- Publisher : Sage Publications Ltd; 2 edition (20 December 2010)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 392 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1848606532
- ISBN-13 : 978-1848606531
- Dimensions : 18.42 x 1.91 x 22.86 cm
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