Fundamentals of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice

A briefer version of Ronet and Russ's successful The Practice of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice, this is written in a less formal style, with more concise examples drawn from everyday experience, and less coverage of complex or more rigorous methods. Features of Fundamentals 3/e: *The examples throughout the book integrate substantive criminal justice issues with research with a greater emphasis in the third edition on the major branches of the criminal justice system. *Integrates policy and policy implications for research methods throughout the text *Integrates coverage of ethics throughout with a chapter devoted to the topic and end of chapter sections discussing ethics in the context of the chapter topics. *Extensive use of graphics in every chapter facilitates students' understanding of concepts discussed. *Contains extensive, updated exercise sets include Practice Exercises, Web research activities, SPSS exercises, Developing a Research Report activities. *Includes a robust Student Study Site which includes GSS data sets, Appendixes on using quantitative and qualitative software, a demo for HyperResearch's popular qualitative analysis software, a sample research proposal, as well as a variety of interactive exercises for students to do on their own.