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Davies, Pamela,

Doing criminological research Pamela Davies; Peter Francis & Victor Jupp. - 2nd edition. - London : SAGE, 2011. - xx, 367: ill ;

Part 1. Preparing criminological research
Planning criminological research
Formulating criminological research questions
Methodological approaches to criminological research
Undertaking a criminological literature review
Part 2. Doing criminological research: Mapping and using crime data in criminological research
Sensitive survey research: an oxymoron?
Doing interviews in prison
'Essentially barbarians'? researching the 'youth underclass'

Ethnographic research in the context of policing
Using the media to understand crime and criminal justice

The media and criminological research
Using the Internet to research crime and justice Part 3. Reflecting on criminological research:
Ethics and criminological research


The politics of criminological research
Critical reflection as research methodology.


This is a highly practical examination of the key issues regarding the practices and principles of research methods contextualised within studies of crime and criminal justice

ISBN: 9781848606524

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Criminology -- Research.

Dewey Class. No.: 364.072 / DAV