Part 1 An Introduction to Criminal Justice Inquiry

1 Crime, Criminal Justice, and Scientific Inquiry

2 Theory and Criminal Justice Research

3 Causation and Validity

Part 2 Structuring Criminal Justice Inquiry

4 General Issues inResearch Design

5 Concepts, Operationalization,and Measurement

6 Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs

7 Ethics and Criminal Justice Research

Part 3 Modes of Observation

8 Overview of Data Collections and Sampling

9 Asking Questions:Survey Research

10 Field Research

11 Agency Records, Content Analysis,and Secondary Data

Part 4 Pulling It All Together

12 Program Evaluation and Policy Analysis

13 Interpreting Data

14 Pulling It All Together:Annotated Examples

Appendixes

A: Using the Library: Traditional and Computer-Based Information Sources

B: National Criminal Justice Reference Service

C: The Research Report

D: Sources of Secondary Data

E: Distribution ofChiSquare

Glossary

References

Index