The handbook of measurement issues in criminology and criminal justice / edited by Beth M. Huebner and Timothy S. Bynum.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Huebner, Beth M., editor.

Bynum, Timothy S., editor.

Series:

Wiley handbooks in criminology and criminal justice.

Wiley Handbooks in Criminology and Criminal Justice

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminal justice, Administration of--Evaluation.

Criminal justice, Administration of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (635 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

West Sussex, England : Wiley Blackwell, 2016.

Summary:

This volume of the series 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 as a whole includes chapters on the measurement of criminal typologies, the offenders, offending and victimization, criminal justice organizations, and specialized measurement techniques. Each chapter is written by experts in the field and they provide an excellent survey of the literature in the relevant area. More importantly, each chapter provides a description of the various methodological and substantive challenges presented in conducting research on these issues and denotes possible solutions to these dilemmas. An emphasis was placed on research that has been conducted outside of the United States and was designed to give the reader a broader more global understanding of the social context of research. The goal of this volume is to provide a definitive reference for professionals in the field, researchers, and students. This volume in the Handbooks in Criminology and Criminal Justice series identifies the principal topical areas of research in this field and summarizes the various methodological and substantive challenges presented in conducting research on these issues. In each chapter, authors provide a summary of the prominent 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.

Contents:

Title Page; Table of Contents; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Measurement of Criminal Typologies; 1 Violent Crime; Individual-Level Violence; Groups of Violent Offenders: The Case of Gangs; Violent Crime Incidents; The Geography of Violent Crime; Criminal Justice Strategies Designed to Reduce Violent Crime; Conclusion; References; Furter Reading; 2 Cybercrime; Defining Cybercrime; A Typology of Cybercrime; Methodological Limitations of Cybercrime Research; Computer-Mediated Communications as a Data Source; Considering the Future of Cybercrime Data Collection and Research

ReferencesFurther Reading; 3 Juvenile Crime and Bullying; Introduction; Measurement Issues in Juvenile Delinquency; Conclusion; References; 4 Rape and Other Sexual Offending Behaviors; Introduction; Types of Sex Offenders; Typologies of Sex Offenders; Theoretical Explanations of Sex Offending; Risk Factors for Sex Offending; Specialization and Versatility in Sex Offending; Sex-Offending Recidivism; Sex Offender Registry and Notification Laws and Consequences; Conclusion; References; Further Reading; 5 White-Collar and Corporate Crime; Introduction; Measuring White-Collar Crime

Measuring Corporate CrimeLooking Forward; References; 6 Human Trafficking; Introduction; Research on Human Trafficking; Estimating the Scope of Human Trafficking; Open-Source Estimates; Human Trafficking Victimization and Operations Research; Assessing the Effectiveness of the Criminal Justice System and the Nongovernmental Response to the Problem of Human Trafficking; Conclusions; References; Further Reading; 7 Challenges in Measuring and Understanding Hate Crime; Background; Defining Hate Crime; FBI UCR Hate Crime Statistics Program; The NIBRS; National Crime Victimization Survey

RecommendationsReferences; Further Reading; Part II: Offenders, Offending, and Victimization; 8 Gangs and Gang Crime; Defining Gangs, Gang Membership, and Gang Crime; The Use of Official Police Data; The Use of Ethnographic Studies; The Use of Self-Report Methods; Conclusion; References; Further Reading; 9 Gendered Pathways to Crime; Pathways Perspective; Common Pathways; Overview of Methodologies; Suggestions for Future Development; References; Further Reading; 10 Mental Health and Physical Studies; Mental Health Measurement Issues; Mental Health Measurement in Applied Studies

Conducting Physical Health ResearchSummary; References; Further Reading; 11 Rehabilitation and Treatment Programming; Factors Influencing (Predicting) Program Outcomes; The Program: Structure, Components, and Features; Treatment Progress Measures; Client-Level Proximal Measures; Conclusion: Principles of Effective Programs and Services to Measure; References; Further Reading; 12 Measuring Victimization; How Is Victimization Typically Measured?; What Is the Phenomenon Being Measured?; Who Is Administered the Survey, and Who Is Not?; Two-Stage versus One-Stage Measurement Strategies

Bounding and Telescoping

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 18, 2016).

ISBN:

9781118868768

1118868765

9781119099956

1119099951

9781118868645

1118868641

OCLC:

949327166