Using clear examples of research problems and possibilities, this book shows students how to design and do their own criminological research.

Table of Contents

• List of figures and tables
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• The rationale of the book
• The value of criminological research
• Forms of criminological research
• The organizing structure of the book
• Part 1 the principles of research
• Chapter 1 research as an integrated process
• Chapter 2 connecting research and theory: influences on criminological research
• Chapter 3 crime research and criminological theory
• Part 2 the practicalities of research
• Chapter 4 using other people's data: secondary research and the analysis of official data
• Chapter 5 asking questions about crime: surveys and questionnaires
• Chapter 6 talking to people about crime: interviews and focus groups
• Chapter 7 watching crime and crime control: ethnographic and observational research
• Chapter 8 using documents: content, conversation and discourse analysis
• Chapter 9 mixed methods and triangulation
• Conclusion
• Approaches, Methods and Application
• A Checklist for doing Research
• Appendices
• Appendix 1: an internet guide for criminology students
• Appendix 2: interview schedule for ‘a study of the opportunities and barriers facing bme police officers’
• Appendix 3: interview schedule for ‘an assessment of student attitudes to the death penalty’
• Glossary
• References