Snapshots of Research: Readings in Criminology and Criminal Justice
Author ORCID Identifier
Armstrong - https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6003-0031
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Description
Snapshots of Research: Readings in Criminology and Criminal Justice is a comprehensive, cutting-edge text that provides an introductory overview of the main research methods used in the fields of criminology and criminal justice. This text/reader offers a wide range of modern research examples, as well as several classic articles, including a broad range of readings from the four major branches of the criminal justice system—policing, courts/law, juvenile justice, and corrections—that are relevant to career paths students may be interested in pursuing.
ISBN
9781412989190
Publication Date
2011
Publisher
Sage
Keywords
criminology and criminal justice, evaluation research, hypothesis (research), inductive reasoning, probability sampling, representative sample, self-reports
Recommended Citation
Hartley, Richard D. Ed. and Armstrong, Gaylene, "Snapshots of Research: Readings in Criminology and Criminal Justice" (2011). Criminology and Criminal Justice Faculty Books and Monographs. 8.
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/criminaljusticefacbooks/8
Comments
In Chapter 2 the article "An assessment of scales measuring constructions in tests of criminological theory based on National Youth Survey data" co-authored by University of Nebraska at Omaha faculty, Dr. Gaylene Armstrong, was reprinted.
This article can be access at: https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/criminaljusticefacpub/227/
Armstrong, T.A., Lee, D.L., & Armstrong, G.S. (2008). An assessment of scales measuring constructs in tests of criminological theory based on national youth survey data. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 46(1), 73-105. https://doi.org/10.1177/00224278083265