The Handbook of Measurement Issues in Criminology and Criminal Justice – PDF

This series volume was designed to provide a comprehensive primer on the existing best practices and emerging developments in the study and design research on crime and criminology. The work includes chapters on measuring criminal typologies, the offenders, offending and victimization, criminal justice organizations, and specialized measurement techniques. Experts write each chapter in the field and provide an excellent survey of the literature in the relevant area. More importantly, each chapter describes the methodological and substantive challenges presented in researching these issues and denotes possible solutions. An emphasis was placed on research conducted outside of the United States and was designed to give the reader a broader, more global understanding of the social context of research. This volume The Handbook of Measurement Issues in Criminology and Criminal Justice (PDF), aims to provide a definitive reference for professionals in the field, researchers, and students. This volume in the Handbook in Criminology and Criminal Justice series identifies this field’s principal topical research areas. It summarizes the various methodological and substantive challenges presented in researching these issues. In each chapter, the authors summarize the significant data collection efforts in the topical area, provide an overview of the current methodological work, discuss the challenges in the measurement of central concepts in the subject area, and identify new horizons emerging in data collection and measurement. We encouraged authors to discuss work conducted in an international context and to incorporate discussion of qualitative methodologies when appropriate. 978-1119099956, 978-1118868645, 978-1118868799

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