Measurement issues in criminology /

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Imprint:	New York : Springer-Verlag, ©1990.
Description:	1 online resource (xviii, 275 pages) : illustrations.
Language:	English
Subject:	Criminology -- Research -- Methodology. Criminal statistics. Crime -- Research -- United States. Criminal statistics -- United States. Crime -- Research. Criminal statistics. Criminology -- Research -- Methodology. United States.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13352051

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Other authors / contributors:	Kempf Leonard, Kimberly.
ISBN:	9781461390091 (electronic bk.) 1461390095 (electronic bk.) 0387972609 9780387972602
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Description based on print version record.
Other form:	Original 0387972609 9780387972602

Table of Contents:

The role of theory in scientific research / Thomas J. Bernard and R. Richard Ritti
Sources of data / Patrick G. Jackson
Prevalence, incidence, rates, and other descriptive measures / Paul E. Tracy, Jr.
Ethical obligations and social research / Sandra Wexler
Natural experiments in criminal justice / Jeffrey A. Fagan
Exploring offender's perspective : Observing and interviewing criminals / Richard Wright and Trevor Bennett
Longitudinal research designs / Elizabeth Piper Deschenes
Issues in legal-impact research / Julie Horney and Cassia Spohn
Time series, panel design, and criminal justice : A multi-state, multi-wave design / Carol W. Kohfeld and Scott H. Decker
Assessing the potential of secondary data analysis : A new look at the Glueck's Unraveling juvenile delinquency data / John H. Laub, Robert J. Sampson and Kenna Kiger.

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