The Handbook of Quantitative Criminology is designed to be the authoritative volume on methodological and statistical issues in criminology and criminal justice. At a time when this field is gaining in sophistication and dealing with ever more complex empirical problems, this volume seeks to provide readers with a clear and up to date guide to quantitative criminology. Authored by leading scholars in criminology/criminal justice, the Handbook contains 35 chapters on topics in the following key areas: (1) research design, (2) experimental methods, (3) methods for overcoming data limitations, (4) innovative descriptive methods, (5) estimation techniques for theory and policy, (6) topics in multiple regression, and (7) new directions in statistical analysis. The contributions are written to be accessible to readers with a basic background in statistics and research methods, but they also provide a cutting edge view of statistical and methodological problems and questions. This book will be the go-to book for new and advanced methods in the field that will provide overviews of the key issues, with examples and figures as warranted, for students, faculty, and researchers alike.
Author(s): Alex R. Piquero, David Weisburd (auth.), Alex R. Piquero, David Weisburd (eds.)
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 787
Tags: Criminology & Criminal Justice; Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law; Methodology of the Social Sciences
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 4-4
Introduction....Pages 1-2
Crime Mapping: Spatial and Temporal Challenges....Pages 5-24
Look Before You Analyze: Visualizing Data in Criminal Justice....Pages 25-52
Group-Based Trajectory Modeling: An Overview....Pages 53-67
General Growth Mixture Analysis with Antecedents and Consequences of Change....Pages 69-100
Spatial Regression Models in Criminology: Modeling Social Processes in the Spatial Weights Matrix....Pages 101-121
Mixed Method Research in Criminology: Why Not Go Both Ways?....Pages 123-140
Front Matter....Pages 143-143
Estimating Costs of Crime....Pages 143-162
Estimating Treatment Effects: Matching Quantification to the Question....Pages 163-180
Meta-analysis....Pages 181-208
Social Network Analysis....Pages 209-224
Systematic Social Observation in Criminology....Pages 225-247
Front Matter....Pages 250-250
Identifying and Addressing Response Errors in Self-Report Surveys....Pages 251-272
Missing Data Problems in Criminological Research....Pages 273-288
The Life Event Calendar Method in Criminological Research....Pages 289-312
Statistical Power....Pages 313-332
Descriptive Validity and Transparent Reporting in Randomised Controlled Trials....Pages 333-352
Measurement Error in Criminal Justice Data....Pages 353-374
Statistical Models of Life Events and Criminal Behavior....Pages 375-396
Front Matter....Pages 398-398
An Introduction to Experimental Criminology....Pages 399-436
Front Matter....Pages 398-398
Randomized Block Designs....Pages 437-454
Construct Validity: The Importance of Understanding the Nature of the Intervention Under Study....Pages 455-479
Place Randomized Trials....Pages 481-502
Longitudinal-Experimental Studies....Pages 503-518
Multisite Trials in Criminal Justice Settings: Trials and Tribulations of Field Experiments....Pages 519-540
Front Matter....Pages 542-542
Propensity Score Matching in Criminology and Criminal Justice....Pages 543-562
Recent Perspectives on the Regression Discontinuity Design....Pages 563-579
Testing Theories of Criminal Decision Making: Some Empirical Questions about Hypothetical Scenarios....Pages 581-594
Instrumental Variables in Criminology and Criminal Justice....Pages 595-612
Front Matter....Pages 614-614
Multilevel Analysis in the Study of Crime and Justice....Pages 615-648
Logistic Regression Models for Categorical Outcome Variables....Pages 649-682
Count Models in Criminology....Pages 683-698
Statistical Analysis of Spatial Crime Data....Pages 699-724
An Introduction to Statistical Learning from a Regression Perspective....Pages 725-740
Estimating Effects over Time for Single and Multiple Units....Pages 741-763
Back Matter....Pages 567-787
