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Handbook of quantitative criminology / Alex R. Piquero, David Weisburd, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Criminology--Research--Methodology.
- Criminology.
- Criminal statistics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 787 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; London : Springer, ©2010.
- Contents:
- Introduction / Alex R. Piquero and David Weisburd
- pt. I-A. Descriptive approaches for research and policy : innovative descriptive methods for crime and justice problems
- Crime mapping : spatial and temporal challenges / Jerry Ratcliffe
- Look before you analyze : visualizing data in criminal justce / Michael D. Maltz
- Group-based trajectory modeling : an overview / Daniel S. Nagin
- General growth mixture analysis with antecedents and consequences of change / Hanno Petras and Katheryn Masyn
- Spatial regression models in criminology : modeling social processes in the spatial weights matrix / George E. Tita and Steven M. Radil
- Mixed method research in criminology : why not go both ways? / Shadd Maruna
- pt. I-B. Descriptive approaches for research and policy : new estimation techniques for assessing crime and justice policy
- Estimating the cost of crime / Mark A. Cohen and Roger Bowles
- Estimating treatment effects : matching quantification to the question / Thomas A. Loughran and Edward P. Mulvey
- Meta-analysis / David B. Wilson
- Social network analysis / Jean Marie McGloin and David S. Kirk
- Systematic social observations in criminology / Stephen D. Mastrofski, Roger B. Parks, and John D. McCluskey
- pt. II. New directions in assessing design, measurement and data quality
- Identifying and addressing response errors in self-report surveys / James P. Lynch and Lynn A. Addington
- Missing data problems in criminological research / Robert Brame, Michael G. Turner, and Ray Paternoster
- The life event calendar method in criminological research / Jennifer Roberts and Julie Horney
- Statistical power / Chester L. Britt and David Weisburd
- Descriptive validity and transparent reporting in randomised controlled trials / Amanda E. Perry
- Measurement error in criminal justice data / John Pepper, Carol Petrie, and Sean Sullivan
- Statistical models of life events and criminal behavior / D. Wayne Osgood
- pt. III-A. Estimation of impacts and outcomes of crime and justice : topics in experimental methods
- An introduction to experimental criminology / Lawrence W. Sherman
- Randomized block designs / Barak Ariel and David P. Farrington
- Construct validity : the importance of understanding the nature of the intervention under study / John S. Goldkamp
- Place randomized trials / Robert Boruch, David Weisburd, and Richard Berk
- Longitudinal-experimental studies / David P. Farrington, Rolf Loeber, and Brandon C. Welsh
- Multisite trials in criminal justice settings : trials and tribulations of field experiments / Faye S. Taxman and Anne Giuranna Rhodes
- pt. III-B. Estimation of impacts and outcomes of crime and justice : innovation in quasi-experimental design
- Propensity score matching in criminology and criminal justice / Robert J. Apel and Gary Sweeten
- Recent perspectives on the regression discontinuity design / Richard Berk
- Testing theories of criminal decision making : some empirical questions about hypothetical scenarios / M. Lynn Exum and Jeffrey A. Bouffard
- Instrumental variables in criminology and criminal justice / Shawn D. Bushway and Robert J. Apel
- pt. III-C. Estimation of impacts and outcomes of crime and justice : non-experimental approaches to explaining crime and justice outcomes
- Multilevel analysis in the study of crime and justice / Brian D. Johnson
- Logistic regression models for categorical outcomes variables / Chester L. Britt and David Weisburd
- Count models in criminology / John M. MacDonald and Pamela K. Lattimore
- Statistical analysis of spatial crime data / Wim Bernasco and Henk Elffers
- An introduction to statistical learning from a regression perspective / Richard Berk
- Estimating effects over time for single and multiple units / Laura Dugan
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780387776507 (electronic bk.)
- 0387776508 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 90100689305
- 12184422
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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