Providing a comprehensive introduction to criminal justice research, this book focuses on getting students to do research and is enhanced by examples, research, applications, and built-in study tools. It illustrates the rewards and challenges of research using examples of the author's own students' [...]
Itroduces students to the core of criminal justice research. This title includes expanded coverage of web-based research and how to access and utilize CJ data sets. Balancing coverage of both qualitative and quantitative methods, it is packed with real-world examples, practical applications, and Int[...]
A straightforward, comprehensive, and approachable guide to research as practiced by social scientists, the Thirteenth Edition of Babbie's "gold-standard" text gives you the tools you need to apply research concepts practically, as both a researcher and a consumer. Babbie emphasizes the process by s[...]
This thorough revision of Babbie's standard-setting book presents a succinct, straightforward introduction to the field of research methods as practiced by social scientists. Contemporary examples such as terrorism, Alzheimer's disease, anti-gay prejudice and education, and the legalization of marij[...]
* Covers the full range of basic topics necessary for beginning survey research.
Written by the best-selling author of THE PRACTICE OF SOCIAL RESEARCH, this brief book pocketbook gives students a quick overview of fundamental sociological concepts. True to the Babbie trademark, this book makes abstract concepts concrete and understandable for students via Babbies informal, conve[...]
Acclaimed for its depth and breadth of coverage as well as for the authors' clear and often humorous writing style, RESEARCH METHODS FOR SOCIAL WORK strikes an optimal balance of quantitative and qualitative research techniques--illustrating how the two methods complement one another. Now in its Eig[...]