Research Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice: An Interactive Workbook

Part I – Criminology and Criminal Justice and the Social Scientific Method 
Chapter 1 – Introduction to Research Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice and to the Social Scientific Method 
Chapter 2 – Casual Human Inquiry and Social Scientific Inquiry 
Chapter 3 – Theory 
Chapter 4 – The Entire “Process” of Constructing and Testing a ₮heory
Chapter 5 – Causality: The Prediction of “Outcomes/Events” 
Chapter 6 – Conceptualization and Operationalization: The Transformation of Theoretical “Concepts” into Measurable/ Observable “Variables” 
Chapter 7 – Tightening-Up the Research Project: Decisions to Make 

Part II – Criminology and Criminal Justice and the Social Scientific Method 
Chapter 8 – Criteria for Comparing the Advantages and Disadvantages of the Different Methods for Collecting Data 
Chapter 9 – Survey Methods 
Chapter 10 – Sampling 
Chapter 11 – The Logic of Quantitative Data Analysis (o Survey Data) 
Chapter 12 – Experimental Methods 
Chapter 13 – Qualitative Methods 
Chapter 14 – Evaluation Research and Quasi-Experimental Methods 
Chapter 15 – Reading Academics Articles