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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Maxfield, Michael G.
Other Authors:	Babbie, Earl R.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Belmont, CA : Thomson/Wadsworth, c2006.
Edition:	[4th ed.]
Subjects:	Criminal justice, Administration of > Research > Methodology. Criminology > Research > Methodology.

Table of Contents:

Criminal justice and scientific inquiry
Theory and ethics in criminal justice research
General issues in research design
Concepts, operationalization, and measurement
Experimental and quasi-experimental designs
Overview of data collection and sampling
Survey research and other ways of asking questions
Field research
Agency records, content analysis, and secondary data
Evaluation research and policy analysis
Interpreting data.