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Applied Research Methods in Criminal Justice and Criminology provides a solid foundation in research methods for undergraduate students who are studying to become practitioners in the criminal justice field. This text takes a practical and applied approach that is both engaging and useful in developing students into educated consumers of research.

FEATURES OF THIS TEXT INCLUDE:

• CHAPTER OPENING CASE Studies provide a context for concepts covered in each chapter. Students will review research questions, methodology, results, and limitations presented by each particular research design.

• RESEARCH IN THE News gives students the opportunity to review and assess research studies that are used to report current events.

• CLASSICS IN CJ RESEARCH presents classic studies in criminal justice research like the situational obedience studies by Zimbardo and Milgram and the Minneapolis Domestic Violence Experiment.

• What Research Shows: Impacting Criminal Justice Operations illustrates major studies that have had a major impact on the field like the research on the deterrent effect of Scared Straight programs.